Post-soviet migration transition in Ukraine: to the history of migration practices

Abstract

The author states that migration doctrine of the soviet pattern after the dissolution of the USSR has radically changed in the Ukraine. The country passed from passport regime to the freedom of movement and free choice of residence and working place. There are discussed the reconfiguration of migration flows and their contribution to the formation of human potential of Ukraine before and after dissolution of the USSR, dominants of migration situation at the different stages of its development, new kinds and patterns of migration mobility of population. The author analyses the essential features of migration behavior using the notion of quality of life as initial theoretical concept. The author has come to the conclusion that considerable social tension and absence of physical, psychological. Legal and financial safety of people as integral components of quality of life are the most efficient regulators of migration behavior in Ukraine today.