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<p style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-US">Relevance</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>:</span><span> </span><span>Migration processes </span><span>largely determine</span><span> the face of the modern world</span><span>.</span><span> </span><span>Their results lead to serious problems of intercultural communication,</span><span> and </span><span>successful approaches </span><span>of </span><span>solving </span><span>them</span><span> have not yet been developed.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>Different a</span><span>ttempts both to pursue a policy of assimilation and to introduce the principles of multiculturalism</span><span> often</span><span> do not </span><span>have</span><span> a positive effect.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-US">Subject of research: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>Adaptation strategies of North</span><span>ern</span><span> Caucasian migrants in St. Petersburg</span><span>.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>T</span><span>he purpose</span><span> of this work</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span><span>is to analyze the processes of adaptation of North</span><span>ern</span><span> Caucasian migrants to the social and cultural environment of the metropolis, as well as to </span><span>identify</span><span> factors </span><span>affecting</span><span> its success.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-US">The scientific novelty </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>of the preprint will consist in </span><span>the </span><span>description of foreign cultural internal migration in Russia from the point of view of various migration theories.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-US">Research methods: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>R</span><span>eview of migration theories available in literature, </span><span>field research in St. Petersburg.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-US">Main results: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>A field study conducted showed that the theories under consideration have different explanatory potential for analyzing the processes of adaptation of North</span><span>ern</span><span> Caucas</span><span>ians </span><span>in the metropolis.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>Thus, the concept of acculturation strategies, although it turned out to be a </span><span>rather crude</span><span> analysis tool, allowed us to characterize the differences between the adaptation of North</span><span>ern</span><span> Caucasian migrants of the first and second generation.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>The theory of transmigration has also revealed its productivity, </span><span>in particular for</span><span> describing the existing links between migrant communities of the metropolis and the regions of departure, as well as for </span><span>determining</span><span> the design of ethnic networks.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(232, 234, 246); font-size: 11pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US">At the same time, the theory of segmental assimilation in its classical form turned out to be inapplicable &ndash; both because of the lack of local protest countercultures that could be perceived by migrants, and because of the absence of a pronounced problem of the &quot;second generation&quot;.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>At the same time, the field study </span><span>demonstrated</span><span> that migrants could adapt to the metropolis through specific cultural environments that are not countercultural &ndash; for example, sports or Islamic</span><span> communities</span><span>.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span>These</span><span> mechanisms of embedding in the city carry both certain benefits and inherent risks.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>

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<p style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="EN-US">Conclusions: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US">Natives of the North Caucasus moving to St. Petersburg can use various adaptation strategies in the city - both in the urban mainstream and in specific cultural environments (but not in countercultures).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" xml:lang="EN-US">At the same time, in some cases, there are also processes of separation of migrants from the urban community.</span></p>

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