Immigration and Intercultural integrations strategies in Post-Soviet Russia

Ch. 9. P. 179–194.

Lebedeva N., Tatarko A.

This chapter addresses changes in immigration trends and their psychosocial effects in post-Soviet Russia. Russia is currently the world’s second most populous country (after the USA) in terms of its immigrant population, with most coming from the Central Asian States (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan) and China. The chapter begins with an examination of the social issues that immigrants must face. The research focuses on Moscow as the most attractive destination for immigrant workers. The chapter presents the findings of an empirical study conducted on the reciprocal acculturation between immigrants and the host society in Moscow. The study examines the correlations between the immigrants’ acculturation attitudes and the host society’s acculturation expectations and perceptions of the immigrants. More specifically, the study focuses on how measures of integral security (including physical, cultural and economic security) influence the host society’s attitudes towards immigrants. 

Keywords: аккультурация, иммиграция, иммигранты, этническая толерантность, аккультурационные ожидания, ethnic tolerance, immigrants, acculturation attitudes, integral security, perceived threat/discrimination, acculturation expectations, интегральная безопасность, воспринимаемая угроза/дискриминация, immigration

Publication based on the results of: Sociocultural Factors of the Mutual Adaptation of Migrants and the Host Population in Russia's Regions (2013)

In book

Immigration: Policies, Challenges and Impact

NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2013.