Features of Reproduction of Population of Stalingrad Region in Period of Post-War Reconstruction and Development (1943-1950s)

Abstract

The results of research are presented conducted in the framework of the grant RFBR and Volgograd Region Administration (research project 18-49-343006 р_мол_а). The relevance of the work is due to the current demographic situation and the role of the postwar period in the development of demographic processes in the early 21^st century. Based on the analysis of unpublished archival materials of a statistical nature, the dynamics of the main components of the natural population growth of the Stalingrad region in the 1940s-1950s is presented. Describing the features of fertility and mortality in the study period, the author traces the stages in the process of population reproduction and reveals their general trend. The factors influencing natural demographic processes in the region are revealed. The influence of the Great Patriotic War on the reproduction of the population, its age and sex structure, marriage is shown. The main directions of demographic policy and features of their implementation in the Stalingrad Region are characterized. Attention is paid to changes in the structure of causes of death, including infant mortality. The role of mechanical population movement in the demographic processes of the region as a source of population recovery in the region is determined. Factors and features of labour migration to the Stalingrad Region are revealed, and also the process of migration of the population from the village to the city is commented.