Urban population of Western Siberia

Review of the book «Urban population of Western Siberia in 1960-1980-ies: a Historical-demographic research)»

Abstract

The book examines the demographic results of the urban transition in Western Siberia in conditions of stable social economic and political development of the country after the social catastrophes and cataclysms of the first half of the 20th century.  Based on rich resource materials, it analyzes the development of large, average and small urban settlements, as well as the dynamics of population size, national composition, ethno-demographic and population age structures. The main factors and causes of fertility and mortality fluctuations and the distinctive features of the ethno-demographic transition are revealed through the study of the demographic modernization of Western Siberia. Great attention has been paid to population migration, including in and between different categories of urban settlement.