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Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia constructed a system of migration management that, for the first 10 years, was focused on assisting former Soviet citizens who moved to Russia from other ex-republics of the defunct USSR and were recognised by the Russian authorities as ‘forced re-settlers’. This chapter, based on sociological inquiry conducted during 1999–2003 in the Novosibirsk region in Western Siberia, explores how intersections of the gender and age dimensions of social inequality were reflected in Russian government assistance with permanent housing for ‘forced re-settlers’. The analysis focuses on two schemes: interest-free loans and free housing. The chapter also examines the historical context of these schemes’ construction and implementation.
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Kosygina, L. (2018). ‘Forced Re-Settlers’ in Post-Soviet Russia: Gender and Age Dimensions of Social Inequality in State Assistance with Permanent Housing. In: Ilic, M. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Women and Gender in Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54905-1_26
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