Resettlement of the Kirov region residents to Sakhalin and the Kuril islands in 1946-1950

The article deals with the migration interaction of the Kirov region with the Sakhalin and South Sakhalin regions in 1946-1950. During this period, there was the mass migration of Soviet citizens to the territories annexed to the USSR. The organized agricultural resettlement played the main role in migrations from the Kirov region to Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands. The authors consider the main factors that contributed to the resettlement of migrants from the region: low living standards of the Kirov region residents, state support for resettlement, and propaganda. The outflow of population from the region caused an adversely effect on the local economy of the Kirov region, which led to attempts by the leadership to stop the resettlement. The main source of information was the materials of the Kirov region and Central archives.