Նոր միգրանտների սոցիալ-մշակութային կյանքը Սփյուռքում. հայաստանցի հարազատների դիտանկյունը

According to the estimates of experts dealing with migration issues, the size of the negative balance of external migration from RA was around 1600–1700 thousand people in 1988–2019. A negative balance of border crossings was recorded also in 2020–2022: 6951 people. Most of these movements from the Republic of Armenia (RA) have been directed primarilly towards the Russian Federation, followed by European countries, the USA, Canada, CIS countries, etc. The purpose of the article is to discuss the social-cultural life of the new groups of migrants who emigrated from the RA from the point of view of relatives living in Armenia. This study is unique in terms of methodology because the object of re search is families in the RA, some of whose members emigrated and settled abroad after the 1990s, and the subject is the emigrant members. Research materials were collected using a combination of quantitative and qualitative survey methods. The quantitative research was conducted among 639 families in 20 urban and 37 rural settlements of all RA regions and Yerevan in 2021. Qualitative analysis was based on the results of in-depth interviews conducted (in 2023) with 30 households se lected from 639 households. Based on the results of our study, we can conclude that according to the family members living in the RA, it is essential for their relatives who have left for per manent residence to organize their active social-cultural life abroad, in which the ethnic network is of great importance. It not only becomes an important means of adaptation for new migrants but also becomes an important factor in the organi zation of their social-cultural life in the new environment. Contacts among the Armenians within a close social environment also contribute to the preservation of culture and the reproduction of customs.