A book about restructuring homes and homelands in the context of the post-Soviet era.

List of Tables, Figures and Maps; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration; Introduction; 1. Understanding Migration in Post-Soviet Russia, 2. Constructions of the 'Homeland' by the Russian State; 3. Leaving 'Home' and 'Homeland'? The Decision to Migrate; 4. 'Return' and Resettlement: Recognition Within the Russian State; 5. The Developing Non-Governmental Sector; 6. Depending on 'Selves': Family, Friendship and Migrant Networks; 7. Conclusion; Appendix 1: Limitations of Statistics Concerning Forced Migrants and Refugees; Appendix 2: Migrant Settlement Sites in Saratov, Samara and Novosibirsk Oblasti; Appendix 3: Table of Migrant Socio-Demographic Data; Appendix 4: Profiles of Federal Non-Governmental Organizations and Regional Migrant Organizations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Moya Flynn is a Lecturer in the Department of Central and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. Her main research interest concerns the migration movements taking place in the Russian Federation and the wider post-Soviet space.