The Republic of Komi is an extensive region in the North of European Russia. The region is rich in oil, coal, timber and other resources; therefore in the 20th century, it turned from a sparsely populated and purely agrarian region into industrial, urbanized territory. In 1921, Komi got the status of an autonomous area, and in 1936, an autonomous republic on the ground that the Komis comprised about 90% of the population of these lands. In the 1950s, the industrialization has in principal changed the ethnic structure of the population of the republic. The massive inflow of migrants caused by industrialization changed the ethnodemographic structure of the local population as well as the mode of relations between ethnic groups. The Komi Republic has not succeeded in forming a unified territorial community. Its population still remains a spilt society, which is unable to successfully integrate migrants into the society. This community is still extremely segmented and, despite its migrant nature, impregnated with antimigrant sentiments and xenophobia, which still cannot be quenched. These sentiments may sharpen internal conflicts at a future stage of the Republic's social development, when a new wave of migration is likely to occur.

The modern Republic of Komi, which occupies a vast territory in the extreme Northeast of Europe, is one of the richest regions of Russia. It has 8% of the nation's entire predicted resource potential. The Republic's contemporary outlook was created by migrants, and newcomers from other countries make up 60% of its population.

In the 20th century, the Republic experienced several waves of migration. Each new surge of migration had its own specific features. These waves of migration not only changed the demographic, social, and settlement structure, but also influenced the population's mass consciousness, cultural orientations, and cultural priorities. This paper aims to analyze these specifics.

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