title: Rural migration and agrarian reform in Russia: a research note.
abstract: This study focuses primarily on trends in rural-urban migration in Russia and the former Soviet Union. "New data suggest that a historic shift in migration patterns is underway in Russia, a change that may have profound long-term effects on agrarian reform and the nature of the Russian countryside. We begin with a short review of past rural migration trends and the rural demographic situation, in part using archival data for an oblast in central Russia. We will then present new data on rural migration. Finally, we assess the implications of rural migratory trends for agrarian reform in Russia."
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012426:Russia; D012939:Social Planning; D013995:Time; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR
keywords: Agrarian Reform; Agricultural Development; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Economic Factors; Europe; Longterm Effects; Migration; Migration, Internal; Population; Population Dynamics; Rural Development; Rural-urban Migration; Russia; Time Factors; Ussr