Humanities & Social Sciences 4 (2016 9) 824-836 ~ ~ ~ УДК 340.727 Local Study of the Causes of Labor Migration in the City of Krasnoyarsk (October-November 2015) Natalia P. Koptseva*, Galina S. Soshina and Daria S. Shestopalova Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia Received 02.06.2015, received in revised form 19.11.2015, accepted 27.01.2016 The results of the local study of the causes and attendant circumstances of labor migration in the city of Krasnoyarsk are presented in the article. <...> The concepts of “acculturation”, “inculturation” and “acculturation shock”, introduced in the conception of the well-known Canadian and American sociologist J. Berry were theoretical foundation of the study. <...> Based on J. Berry’s theory and empirical research, conclusions about the peculiarities of the migration process in the city of Krasnoyarsk have been made. <...> Keywords: ethnic mobility, labor migration, the city of Krasnoyarsk, survey, post-Soviet space. <...> The article is written with the fi nancial support of Krasnoyarsk Regional Fund of Support Scientifi c and Scientifi c and Technical Activities (Project “Creating a corpus of texts for children in their native languages (Evenks, Nenets, Nganasan, Dolgan) as a way to preserve the unique cultural heritage of Indigenous Peoples of Krasnoyarsk Krai”). <...> Introduction For problematization it is necessary to introduce and differentiate the concepts inculturation and acculturation. <...> Acculturation is the process of interrelation of cultures (the exchange of cultural features), full or partial perception of the culture of one nation by another nation. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: decanka@mail.ru # 824 # of necessary to distinguish between acculturation and assimilation, in which one nation completely loses its language and culture in contact with another, more dominant one. <...> Inculturation is a process of inclusion of an individual into culture, the adoption of specifi c habits, norms and stereotypes of behavior. <...> In a narrow sense, inculturation in contemporary Natalia P. Koptseva, Galina S. Soshina… Local Study of the Causes of Labor Migration in the City of Krasnoyarsk… culture is understood as child’s perception of cultural norms and values. <...> In the latter case, the term is applied to immigrants who adapt to a new cultural environment. <...> Complex aspects of adaptation, related to the entry into another cultural environment, are described through it. <...> The purpose of the study is to identify local peculiarities of migrants <...>