DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS OF THE PIEDMONT REGIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND THE WESTERN CAUCASUS (2007-2017)
In the paper, we consider general tendencies of development of demographic processes in the Northern Caucasus area during the period of 2007-2017. Official state statistics was used as a source of data for analysis. We demonstrate that the region is not uniform from the point of view of natural reproduction of population and dynamics of migration. For instance, the main stable persistent tendencies of demographic development in piedmont regions of the Central and the Western Caucasus, in Adygeya and Krasnodarski Kray (parts of the Southern Federal District), are natural depopulation and migrational increase of population. On the contrary, Northern Caucasus Federal District is characterized by persistent natural increase of population and non-uniform migration. This tendency emerged in the beginning of the 21-st century. Here, demographical processes are complicated by consequences of certain extreme events (military and ethnical conflicts etc.). Nevertheless, this region can be characterized as the most favorable in the Russian Federation from the reproduction point of view: the birth rate here is 30 % higher compared to average value over the country, and the death rate is 60 % lower. The analysis is the part of more general research of structure and prediction of water consumption in the region and of its dependence on the state of mountain glaciation of the Caucasus.