Vorobieva O.D., Topilin A.V., Ustinova V.A. Migration losses and reproduction of the population of small and medium cities of north-west Russia. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2024 Vol. 94. No. 10. Pp. 923-936. Vorobieva O.D., Topilin A.V., Ustinova V.A. Migration losses and reproduction of the population of small and medium cities of north-west Russia. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 2024 Vol. 94. No. 10. Pp. 923-936.ISSN 0869-5873DOI 10.31857/S0869587324100079РИНЦ: https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=74510970Posted on site: 19.11.24Текст статьи/выпуска на сайте журнала URL: https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/d36/aruh14ioplf4ft4h838z3kwlprgryp6b.pdf (дата обращения 19.11.2024)AbstractThe article is devoted to the analysis of trends in two components of population change – its reproduction and migration in small and medium-sized cities in the north-west of European Russia (using the example of cities in the Vologda and Novgorod regions). Following the demographic compression of rural settlements and their disappearance, a similar process a ect the small and medium-sized cities of the ancient cultural, historical and economic centers of Russia. The causes and consequences of socio-economic deformations of traditional Russian territories identi ed. It is proposed to reconsider key approaches to the development of the urban settlement network in the region, measures of stabilization of the population and labor resources, improvement of the age structure, and increasing the migration attractiveness of small and medium-sized cities.