Chernysheva N.V. Demographic situation in the Chuvash ASSR in the prewar years (1939-1940). Bulletin of the Chuvash University. 2022. No 2. Pp. 141-150.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the demographic situation in the Chuvash ASSR in the pre-war years (1939–1940). To date, the creation of a holistic picture, formed in the USSR in the prewar years and during the Great Patriotic War, remains a promising task of historical science. Since the late 1980s in the USSR in connection with the opening of a number of archival funds, the subject of historical research, including historical and demographic. The relevance of this kind research is given by the difficult demographic situation in which it turned out The Russian state since the 1990s The Republic is no exception. Chuvashia, where the decline in population is caused by a decrease in natural growth or decline, as well as migration outflow. The purpose of the article: to analyze the demographic and migration processes in the Chuvash ASSR in the prewar years. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the introduction into scientific circulation new historical sources, as well as in a comprehensive study of the demographic situation in the Chuvash ASSR in the prewar years. The study was carried out on the basis of an interdisciplinary approach using general scientific, specifically historical, and statistical methods. As a result of the study, a general characteristic of the size and composition of the population of the Autonomous Republic is presented according to the data of the All-Union Population Census. 1939 Based on calculations, components and population data are determined. It is concluded that migrations had the greatest impact on the demographic situation in the Chuvash ASSR. An analysis of demographic processes is presented and their characteristics are given, as well as the general trends in population migration, its types are analyzed. The article is devoted to the study of the demographic situation in the Chuvash ASSR in the pre-war years (1939–1940). To date, the creation of a holistic picture,formed in the USSR in the prewar years and during the Great Patriotic War,remains a promising task of historical science. Since the late 1980s in the USSRin connection with the opening of a number of archival funds, the subject of historicalresearch, including historical and demographic. The relevance of this kindresearch is given by the difficult demographic situation in which it turned outThe Russian state since the 1990s The Republic is no exception.Chuvashia, where the decline in population is caused by a decrease in natural growth or decline, as well as migration outflow. The purpose of the article: to analyze the demographic and migration processes in the Chuvash ASSR in the prewar years. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the introduction into scientific circulationnew historical sources, as well as in a comprehensive study of the demographicsituation in the Chuvash ASSR in the prewar years. The study was carried out on the basis of an interdisciplinary approach using general scientific, specifically historical, and statistical methods.As a result of the study, a general characteristic of the size and composition of the population of the Autonomous Republic is presented according to the data of the All-Union Population Census.1939 Based on calculations, components and population data are determined.It is concluded that migrations had the greatest impact on the demographic situation in the Chuvash ASSR. An analysis of demographic processes is presentedand their characteristics are given, as well as the general trends in population migration,its types are analyzed.