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The paper investigates how forced migrants integrated into the Molotov region's community during the 1940s and 1950s.

April 21, 2026

Integration of Forced Migrants into the Territorial Regional Community of the Molotov Region in 1940s — 1950s (on Interviews and Memoirs)

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The paper investigates how forced migrants integrated into the Molotov region's community during the 1940s and 1950s.
Analysis of interviews and memoirs from migrants
Examination of cultural, social, and economic adaptation strategies
Focus on mechanisms like marriage and labor mobilization
Deportation, labor mobilization, and repatriation were significant migration types.
Cultural capital played a key role in individual adaptation strategies.
Social and ideological factors facilitated community integration.

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The paper is focused on the mechanisms of integration of forced migrants into the territorial community of the Molotov region in the 1940s — 1950s. forced resettlement was a very significant part of the migration processes in post-war USSR. the article deals with such types of forced migration as deportation, labor mobilization and repatriation. The most significant adaptation strategies are associated with the cultural capital of the individual, which include the use of existing education or special previously acquired professional or communication skills in a new place of residence. For example, the ability to find and use an acquaintance, to take a position with access to food provided significant opportunities. The social mechanism of adaptation through marriage made it possible to unite the efforts of two families and start a household. The impact of the Soviet ideology through mobilization political campaigns and holidays united and equalized, becoming another adaptation mechanism. Social, cultural, ideological and economic factors jointly influenced the integration of migrants into the local community.

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