Abstract
The article examines the settlement, social and cultural adaptation, as well as the contribution to the economic and cultural sphere of the region of ethnic Kazakhs who returned to their historical homeland during the years of independence. In the article, based on state policy, work carried out within the framework of the Nurly Kosh program, changes in demographic development due to the migration process, political, ethnic and cultural ties of resettled Oralmans with the local population were studied taking into account their adaptation, social status and relations with the local population upon return to their homeland, written data were compared and analyzed data, ethnographic materials, interviews were conducted. In the article, we described the history of the socio-demographic development of the population of Western Kazakhstan, the adaptation of repatriates, their living conditions, their contribution to the economic and cultural sphere of the region. It is noted that the trend of urbanization has increased in accordance with the pace of demographic development in Western Kazakhstan, and due to these immigrants, the number of urban-type settlements has increased. The process of migration, resettlement of the population and resettlement of other nationalities to their historical homeland, that is, a change in ethnodemographic trends, has affected the demographic situation of the people of Western Kazakhstan. The migration process has shaped the current face of the urban population by changing the face of the ethnic composition of the population.