Migratory pressure in the regions of Volga federal district: scales and consequences

The analysis of a social situation in Russian regions demands attention not only to processes of adaptation of migrants, but also to a special view of these problems from the position of the accepting community. The authors prove an approach according to which migration policy has to be coordinated with development plans for network of social institutions; they also analyze how effectively such coordination on the example of Volga federal district and the Nizhny Novgorod Region is carried out. The authors conclude that considerable scales of uncontrollable migration flows in combination with suspense of problems of life support of a considerable part of the increasing population negatively affect a social, economic and political situation in the region. It demands improving of mechanisms of interaction between population and the state, capable to influence effectively the solution of similar problems.