Soviet Japanese immigrants

First of all, it should be emphasized that Russia has a small population base, which is the premise to answer this question.

Seeing this question, the answer that many people may think of most is: Russia has a large area, but most areas are frozen and unsuitable for human habitation, so the population of Russia is relatively small. There is nothing wrong with this understanding. After all, Siberia, Russia is really cold and has a small population, which lowers the population density of Russia. However, when people think like this, they ignore an important fact-the total population is not proportional to the land area.

Tell a classic case. Adjacent to Japan, we are a tiny country with a total population of nearly1.300 million, which is almost the same as that of Russia, but the land area of Japan is not as big as that of a province in Russia. Can't it be said that Russia's terrain suitable for human habitation is not as large as Japan's?

There are two main reasons why Russia has a small population. First, the birth rate is declining and the mortality rate is high. Although the world's immigration norms are free and there are not a few immigrants moving into Russia, on the whole, the Russian population is still showing a rapid decline trend. In modern Russia, the total population reached its peak in 1992, with the total population approaching1490,000 and infinitely approaching1500,000. However, this figure has been declining for nearly ten years.

In 2002, for example, the population of Russia dropped by 4.3 million from the peak to 1.44 million, because since 1.992, the number of deaths in Russia exceeded the number of births by 7.7 million. Even if there are 3.6 million net immigrants during this period, it still cannot make up for the downward trend of population. In addition, the fertility will of Russian young people is getting lower and lower, and it is difficult for the Russian population to rebound in the future.

The second reason is the economy, especially the industrial economy. During the Soviet period, Russia's industrial level was also one of the best in the world. The Soviet Union's policy at that time was regional development, making Siberia and the Far East industrial settlements. Most of Russia's fuel, energy and other strategic basic materials are basically obtained from these areas. At the peak, the Russian industrial sector increased the population by almost half.

However, if resource-based areas only rely on resources and energy without sustainable industries, they will inevitably be eliminated, which is somewhat similar to that in Northeast China. When the industries in these two regions were eliminated and the cost of living rose sharply, not only a large number of people moved from the northern region to the surrounding areas of Moscow, but also a large number of people chose to move to the countries of the former Soviet Union. After all, Russia is also a multi-ethnic country, and many ethnic groups immigrated from the countries of the former Soviet Union. When the economy was depressed, they chose again.