Migration Displacement and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia

The displacement of 25 million ethnic Russians from the newly independent states is a major social and political consequence of the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Pilkington engages with the perspectives of officialdom, of those returning to their ethnic homeland, and of the receiving populations. She examines the policy and the practice of the Russian migration regime before looking at the social and cultural adaptation for refugees and forced migrants. Her work illuminates wider contemporary debates about identity and migration. Figures and tables, Acknowledgements, Part 1: Policy and Practice - The Formation of the Russian Migration Regime, 1. Introduction, 2. Redrawing a nation's borders, 3. The legislative framework, 4. The institutional framework, 5. Putting policy into practice, Part Two: Going Home? Social and Cultural Adaptation of Refugees and Forced Migrants, Introduction: Into the field..., 6. More push than pull?, 7.Surviving the drop, 8. 'Us and them', 9. The 'other' Russians, 10. Conclusion, Bibliography, Index