Chernikova A.A. Life strategies of foreign students in the Russian university community. Social policy and sociology. 2021. Vol. 20. No. 1 (138). Pp. 186-194. Chernikova A.A. Life strategies of foreign students in the Russian university community. Social policy and sociology. 2021. Vol. 20. No. 1 (138). Pp. 186-194.ISSN 2071-3665DOI 10.17922/2071-3665-2021-20-1-186-194 РИНЦ: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=46538047Posted on site: 12.10.21 AbstractThe article analyzes the concepts, types and specifics of educational migration. Special attention is paid to educational migrants studying in Russian universities. Foreign students are viewed as a new social community. Groups of educational migrants studying in Russian universities are separated into separate specific social communities that have all the characteristics of a social group. The study analyzes the emergence of a new social community in the educational field of Russian universities.