Level of regional patriotism as a risk factor that enhances the eect of "sticking" in the rut (on the example of the Smolensk region)
The article presents the results of a study of regional patriotism on the example of the Smolensk region as a zone of degradation from the point of view of demographic development in general and migration decline, in particular. It is suggested that the level of regional patriotism can be considered as a significant risk factor that enhances the «rut effect.» Given are the groups of reasons determining the non/desire of the population to live in their region, according to the results of a sociological study, in the dynamics of 2016-2018. Conclusions are made about the rather low level of regional patriotism of residents of the Smolensk region and, accordingly, the high risk of increasing the outflow of the population, reducing the resource potential of the region in terms of its human capital, which, in absence of «breakthrough» decisions of the authorities, will only contribute to the further «sticking» of the region in in the rut.