The past in the present
The Russian exodus to Georgia and the temporalities of misfitting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7472533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giorgi Cheishvili (0000-0001-5323-8336, Utrecht University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-70 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308275x261420944 |
| OpenAlex | W7131062855 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This article explores the experiences of Tbilisi residents and Russian migrants in the wake of the full-scale war in Ukraine and the subsequent Russian exodus to Georgia. Attending to the sense in both communities that history is repeating itself, the article argues that this feeling of repetition stems from two overlapping but distinct temporalities. For Georgians, opposition to the influx of Russians and the anxiety about the repetition of history are driven by the perceived threat to their European future. In contrast, Russian migrants experience the present as a déjà vu, a repetition of previous waves of migration, from which the possible future also emerges as another cycle of misfitting and exclusion
Coping (psychology · Feeling · German · Opposition (politics · Repetition (rhetorical device · Temporalities · Temporality · Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
The Anthropology of the Future
Keeping alive the “Imaginary West” in post-Soviet countries
Informal Sanctions and Patriotism From Below
From Menshevik to Bolshevik
The Anticipation of the Present
On Europeanisation, national sentiments and confused identities in Georgia
Deservingness put into practice
Russian imperial gaze
Humanitarianism, Displacement, and the Politics of Nothing in Postwar Georgia
The empire strikes back
Between hospitality and hostility
Cultural Proximity
Consumerist Cosmopolitanism and Hostile Hospitality
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |