In 2019, Pamiris of Tajikistan, the Tajik people of the Pamir mountains, current labor migrants in Moscow cleaned the grave of Shirinsho Shotemur at Donskoy Cemetery on the eve of Eid ul-Fitr (religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.) Shirinsho Shotemur, a prominent Tajik […]
Beginning in the post- World War II era, the Soviet Union underwent mass rebuilding and industrialization efforts. While the nation experienced extensive urbanization, with many migrating from rural areas to the cities, there were a considerable number of state-mandated migrations from urban to rural regions. Hein deHaas refers to these movements as ‘imperial emigration’. In […]