Демографічні процеси в містах Ізмаїльської області УРСР у повоєнний період

Abstract

The population dynamics of the towns in the Izmail region have been analyzed. The parameters of the natural and mechanical movement of the population, its sex and age structure are identified. On the basis of an analysis of current statistics on demographic indicators, it has been established that the urban population of Izmail region has grown rapidly. Natural movement of the population was characterized by high fertility and mortality rates. The exception to this positive trend was the famine of 1946 and 1947, as the natural population increase became negative during this period. The return to the cities of citizens who had left for the countryside during the war was an important factor in the growth of the urban population in the first months after the reconstruction of the region. The urban population of Izmail region had a progressive age structure. Another important characteristic of the gender and age structure of the urban population was the significant predominance of women among all age groups. The main causes of death were found to be exogenous, in particular infectious diseases and hunger. It was found that the proportion of the urban population during the study period increased. This increase was due to an increase in the absolute number of citizens and a decrease in the rural population. It is established that the migration processes were specially organized by the Soviet authorities. The main forms of mechanical movement of the population were: labor mobilization, organized recruitment of workers, sending specialists to the region by soviet power, conscription to factory schools and trade schools, conscription into the army, sending young people to study in large cities, and sending large numbers of unskilled workers to the region. It should be noted that all these types of migration were not only external or internal, because some people then returned to or left the region.