Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Shimmering City: a View of Khabarovsk by Different Generations of Transmigrants

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (10)
Authors
Kovalevskii, Andrey V.
Contact information
Kovalevskii, Andrey V.: Pacific National University Khabarovsk, Russian Federation;
Keywords
migration; transmigration; Far East; Khabarovsk; urban community
Abstract

The paper analyses the situation when people leaving Khabarovsk for permanent residence in other regions of Russia and abroad retain close ties with their place of origin and act as a significant and permanent factor determining communication in the urban community. On the basis of the collected empirical material (a series of informalized interviews with city residents and former Khabarovsk residents) we put forward a hypothesis that there are three groups of “those who left”. The first group does not seek to maintain contacts with the place of origin. As a rule, they are young people who stayed in a large city after studying at a university or left Khabarovsk immediately after completing their education. The second group retains contacts with ‘fellow countrymen’ at the point of arrival and at the point of departure, although it gradually expands its circle at the expense of representatives of the host community. These are people of more mature age who retain family and friendship contacts, but are oriented towards joining the host community. The third group is agents who exist simultaneously in two spaces (a kind of migrant laborers). Most often, they have property for rent in Khabarovsk, an income-generating business, etc. According to the hypothesis proved in the article, it is the latter group that acts not only as a link between those who left and those who stayed, but also reduces costs for new migrants and unites the city residents who have already left into a kind of “diaspora”

Pages
1863–1874
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DAOCPC
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/154124

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