Researchers critically evaluate the sources of statistical information on migration in the North Caucasus, show which of them should be relied upon in analyzing the situation in the region, and reveal objective difficulties in obtaining reliable information. The main trends in the content of migration flows at the present stage, external and internal migration are differentiated, their significance is determined. Particular attention is paid to the adaptation of migrants in the “receiving territories,” as well as to ethno-confessional relations.
migration processes, the North Caucasus, population censuses, population size, ethnic composition, ethnoconfessional relations, migration statistics, migration (external and internal), migration reasons, labor-surplus and labordeficient regions, differentiation of migration flows, adaptation of migrants.