Podolsky village in the closing stages of the Soviet era: the settlement network and migration processes (1961-1991)

Abstract

This article examines the changes in the settlement network, migration and demographic processes in the villages of Vinnytsia and Khmelnytsky regions in 60-80-ies of XX century. It was established that depopulating, grinding and reducing the number of rural settlement network was in the period. It is proved that the main cause of this phenomenon was the mass migration of demographically-active part of the rural population to the city.