Features of Demographic Processes in an Industrial Region (on the Example of Chelyabinsk Oblast)

Overcoming depopulation and unfavourable demographic dynamics is a strategic task for federal and regional authorities. The solution to this problem ensures the preservation of the population, a growth of life expectancy, and active development of regional economy by increasing the number of able-bodied population. The demographic situation in industrial regions of the Russian Federation, such as Chelyabinsk oblast, is characterised by negative values (a decrease in the birth rate, an increase in mortality and, as a result, a decrease in the population), it is necessary to develop and implement an effective demographic policy in the region.