Migration processes in Ukraine and features of social and political and legal status of migrants (based on the «russian» migration in times of imperial Russia and the USSR)
Historical aspects of migration processes in Ukraine, in particular features of social and
political and legal status of migrants on the example of Russian migration of time Imperial
Russia and the USSRare investigated. It isproved that Russians in Ukraine asan ethnic group
formed as a result of migration processes. Tendencies of growth of number, directions of
settlement, and also features of the social and legal status of the Ukrainian Russians are