Flying Away From the Bolshevik Winter: Soviet Refugees across the Southern Borders (1917–30)

Abstract

Abstract Methodologically drawing on the most recent works in Migration Studies and Russian Emigré Studies, the article studies migration from the USSR into Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan (1917–1930). Using various hitherto untapped archival sources, research looks into the phenomena, such as displaced statehood, political activism and cross-cultural interaction in the context of the migration/refugee policies of the relevant states (Britain, the USSR and the host countries).