Shevtsova E.V.

Purpose. Study of migration processes in the Siberian Federal District, in the context of the ethnic policy, both at the regional and federal level and identifying the challenges of ethnic policy through effective and adequate migration policies. Methods. The study is based on the methodology of instrumentalist approach to understanding the ethnic policy. As a base, the authors used both common methods of political analysis and systematic, comparative and cultural approaches. Political thinking of investigated issues of migration processes is based on conceptual scientific achievements by V. A. Volokh, A. V. Dmitriev, L. A. Kononov, V. A. Tishkov, A. S. Chesnokov, etc. Results. The authors identified five main problematic intersections of migration and national policies based on conceptual instruments in this field. The retrospective analysis of the situation in the Siberian Federal District based on selected nodes crossing the migration policies and ethno politics. Based on the study the authors define recommendations and proposals for improving migration and national policies at the regional level. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty and originality consist in the study of the impact of migration on the content and specificity of ethno politics in the Siberian Federal District and its regions. For an adequate and effective migration policy, the authors identified historical, socio-cultural, socio-economic and political conditions significant for this analysis and highlighted the steps of the migration development in Siberia and features of contemporary migration processes.