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Russian Jewish Migration in the Post-Soviet Era
Translated Title: Les migrations des juifs russes dans l'ère post-soviétique
Author(s): Tolts, Mark
Date: 2000
Topics: Russian Emigration, Demography, Main Topic: Demography and Migration
Abstract: Since 1989 mass emigration has played a leading role in the rapid demographic decline of the Jews in all countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). This migration and the demographic decline of Russia's Jewry have a specific character. Comparing the Jewish population decline in the Russian Federation with the much faster drop in other FSU countries will allow us to study the process of concentration of remaining FSU Jews in Russia. We shall analyze the dynamics of Jewish emigration from Russia as well as its directions. The place of Russia's Jews in the redistribution of those Jews who have remained in the FSU will be indicated by their migratory balance. Demographic selectivity of the recent Jewish mass emigration from the Russian Federation and its consequences for the Jews remaining there will be examined. Finally, the most recent dramatic increase of Jewish emigration after Russia's financial crash of August 1998 will be depicted