CHUVASH POPULATION DYNAMICS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The authors of the article consider the issues of the Chuvash diaspora in Kazakhstan. Historically, the Chuvash were settled in different regions of the republic. There were several reasons for the Chuvash to relocate to Kazakhstan – industrialization, the development of virgin lands. However, with the collapse of the USSR and the changed socio-economic and political living conditions, the number of Chuvashs living in the Republic of Kazakhstan decreases every year. In the 90s of the twentieth century. Since the mid-1990s, cultural centers have opened in places of compact residence of the Chuvash in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the city of Almaty, Pavlodar, Chuvash cultural centers were established. Like any ethnos, living outside their historical homeland strive to preserve their language, traditions and customs. Today, the Chuvash diaspora, despite its small number in Kazakhstan, is trying to preserve its culture, language, and maintains contact with the Chuvash Republic. This desire is strong among the elderly part of the Chuvash diaspora, who do not plan to change their place of residence. However, the young Chuvash, in families with low income, the inherent desire to leave to study, stay to work and live in Russia.