SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF MIGRATION IN BELARUS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XXI CENTURY
This article provides investigation of migration and an impact of migration on formation of demographic potential of Belarus on a regional level at the beginning of the XXI century. During the analyzed period the positive balance of international migration has partially compensated the natural decline in the population. Spatial peculiarities of domestic migration are revealed. It was found that the main inter-regional migration flows are connecting the capital with the provincial regions. Interregional and intraregional migration are comparable by scale and have the centripetal character. Minsk is recipient of interregional migration. Regional centers are recipient of intraregional migration. Intensive migration flows are observed between neighboring regions. By the number of migrants the flow from one city to another is 7 times langer than the flow from one village to another.