IMAGE OF A REGION AND INTERNAL MIGRATION MOTIVATION ON THE PART OF STUDENTS OF REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES (A CASE OF KUZBASS, RUSSIA)

Abstract

The paper gives sociological assessment for influence of “raw materials supplier” image of a Siberian region (Kemerovo Oblast, Russia) on motives and dynamics of indicators of internal migration of students of local educational institutions of higher education. Results of authors' study of set and level of satisfaction of social and cultural needs of student youth from Kemerovo Oblast are outlined. On the authors' opinion, the capital of Kuzbass territory, which is one of four Russian cities that should become centers of cultural development of the country up to 2023, is, in youth's view, a place in little-attractive industrial region with weak cultural infrastructure.