Population migration in depressed region

The article deals with the migration processes in Kirov oblast as a region of depressive type. It points to the growing significance of migration loss in the regional population decrease. There is given the territorial structure of international, interregional and intraregional migration of the Kirov oblast population in 2000-2014. The author specifies the features of the migration situation in economically depressive region - loss of population is going due to interregional migration. The most intensive migration is with three groups of the RF subjects: metropolitan regions, neighbouring territories and regions of the North. The international migration has a tendency to increasing migration growth from CIS countries. Kirov oblast is characterized by a high share of interregional migration in the migration flows. The interregional migration is characterized by concentration of migration flows around the oblast center, by decreasing number of territories with a positive migration balance.