Late-Soviet Stupor
Debates About Central Asian Migration in the 1980s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12433005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergey Abashin (0000-0002-4873-1596, European University at St. Petersburg), Sergei Abashin (European University at Saint Petersburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Problems of Post-Communism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-8216 • E-ISSN: 1557-783X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10758216.2026.2614534 |
| OpenAlex | W7135034853 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Through an analysis of discussions in the 1980s regarding Central Asian migration, I analyze the history of Soviet experts’ ideas in the Late-Soviet period and what kinds of arguments and logic they offer to understand the migration from Central Asia to Russia that had begun and was predicted, and how these explanations transformed and created a new discourse around the future of the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet project. I am interested in three concepts around which the debate over the possibility and desirability of migration developed: labor surplus, immobility, and survival rates.
Government (linguistics · Immigration · Population · Central Asia Education and Culture · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Soviet and Russian History
Voices from the Soviet Edge
Laboratory of Socialist Development
Agriculture and rural out‐migration in Central Asia, 1960–91
What Does It Mean to Control Migration? Soviet Mobility Policies in Comparative Perspective
Citizenship Struggles in Soviet Successor States
Imperial Desert Dreams
Migrations during the Soviet Period and in the Early Years of USSR's Dissolution
Exceptions to Socialism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |