Endryushko A.A. Transnational connections and identities of Azerbaijanis with a migratory background in Russia. Nauchnoe obozrenie. Seriya 2. Gumanitarnye nauki. 2021. No. 4-5. Р. 64-75.

Abstract

The article examines transnational relations and the structure of identities of persons with a migratory background from Azerbaijan to Russia. The research was carried out using the semi-formalized interview method. The target was ethnic Azerbaijanis who moved from the Azerbaijan SSR before 1991. Particular attention is paid to the presence of relatives in the country of origin and building contacts with them, involvement in the social fields of the historical homeland over a long period of life in another country, as well as, in connection with integration in a new society, the formation of the structure of ethnic, local, national identity of Azerbaijanis with migration background. Also considered are various forms of distancing Azerbaijanis from «their own» (including migrants of later waves) and reverse distancing to them from the side of compatriots living in their homeland. The orientation of informants to live in Azerbaijan at different periods of life has been studied.