Bulgarian Labor Migration to Ural and Siberia and Bulgarian Community in Surgut (1970 – 2022). Cover Image

Трудова миграция на българите към Урал и Сибир и българската общност в гр. Сургут (1970 – 2022 г.)
Bulgarian Labor Migration to Ural and Siberia and Bulgarian Community in Surgut (1970 – 2022).

Author(s): Julia Popcheva, Mila Maeva
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Oral history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Globalization, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: labor mobility; socialism; USSR; Russia; Surgut

Summary/Abstract: The present study focuses on the labour mobility and settlement of Bulgarian citizens in Siberia and the Urals in the period between 1980-2022. The Bulgarian community in the city of Surgut, Tyumen region, is cited as an example. The research is based on archival and field materials and was conducted in the period from September 2019 – September 2022. It is a part of the research project “Bulgarians in the Urals and Siberia in the 20th – 21st centuries: history, culture, identity”, financed by the “NationalScience Fund” under contract KP-06-Russia-2 – 27.09.2019, within the framework of the bilateral cooperation program Bulgaria – Russia (2018 – 2022).

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 326-348
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bulgarian