ANALYSIS OF MIGRATION FLOWS OF YOUTH IN THE TERRITORY OF SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The paper introduces the analysis of migration flows of young people under the age of 35 in the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Tomsk, Novosibirsk regions, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Transbaikal and Primorsky territories. It is indicated that the characteristics posted by users in their VKontakte profiles form an array of significant sociological information. The novelty lies in identification of attractive regions and the specifics of potential migration youth groups based on data from open sources. The object area of the research is the social network VKontakte. The subject field is determined by the specifics of formation of migration flows of youth based on data from open sources in the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The aim of the research is to study the migration flows of young people under the age of 35 in the territory of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation Methods. Using the open API «VKontakte», the data on the hometown and current place of residence of users were obtained. Open anonymized data of user profiles was used, as well as additional filtering of accounts for the presence of bots and fake profiles in order to validate the data. Results. The authors have considered in detail the directions of studying the activity of users in social networks. Special attention is paid to the significance and potential of using big data; the possibility of differentiating user groups by their activity within the technical capabilities of a particular social network is shown.