The Russian Emigration: the Sociohistorical Phenomenon, its Role and Place in the Cultural and Historical Legacy
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The Russian Emigration: the Sociohistorical Phenomenon, its Role and Place in the Cultural and Historical Legacy

Автор: E. Pivovar

Форматы: PDF

Издательство: Алетейя

Год: 2013

Место издания: Санкт-Петербург

ISBN: 978-5-91419-852-4

Страниц: 360

Артикул: 7404

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In his book Professor Efim Pivovar studies the phenomenon of the Russian Emigration since the second half of the 19th until the early 21st century. He analyzes specific reasons for emigration, the structure and features of the Russian diasporas in various countries including former Soviet republics. The book studies the process of shaping and interaction of the flow and waves of the Russian Emigration, their quantitative and qualitative characteristics, their influence on the culture and internal affairs in Europe, the US, and the countries of the Asian Pacific. The book presents a complex, multifaceted and in many ways contradictory picture of the evolution of the Russian Emigration in the globalized world, illustrates the role it plays in the history and culture of Russia and the world as a whole. The book is intended for readers both in Russia and abroad, specialists in the Russian history and culture, as well as for general audience.

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Introduction
Chapter I. Today’s theoretical approaches to Studying the History of the Russian Emigration
Chapter II. The Russian Emigration: Some Results of Previous Studies
Chapter III. The Russian Emigration as a Worldwide Historical Phenomenon
Chapter IV. Shaping of the Russian Diasporas in the Globalized World
Chapter V. The Principal Centers of the Russian Emigration in Europe, in the US, in the Middle East, and in the countries of the Pacific
Chapter VI. The Authorities and the Emigration
Chapter VII. Institutionalizing the Russian Emigration
Chapter VIII. The Cultural and Historical Heritage of the Russian Emigration in Today’s Russia
Conclusion
Notes

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