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Отходничество в современной России
Based on the findings of field surveys conducted in 2010-2012, the article centers on a special type of labor migration in Russia—otk-hodnichestvo (peasants' seasonal migratory work). The author compares present-day otkhodnich-estvo with the specific features of seasonal migratory work 100 years ago. Supposedly, more than 40 percent of Russian families participate in seasonal migratory work. In particular, the article focuses on such questions as what forms does such work take today, which spheres of the country's economic life are particularly attractive for labor migrants, what specific features of the structure of consumption exist in the families of otkhodniki (peasant seasonal workers who traditionally leave the villages for temporary work in industry), and, finally, what possible social consequences otkhodnichestvo, a phenomenon which is large-scale in Russia, may have.