Russian immigrants
Arrivals from Moscow
Russian immigrants are people who have moved from Russia to settle in another country.
The term encompasses several distinct waves: Jews fleeing pogroms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, those escaping the Soviet regime during the Cold War, and post-Soviet emigrants seeking economic opportunity.
The neighborhood has a large Russian immigrant community.
In American contexts, "Russian" sometimes loosely includes emigrants from other former Soviet republics.
- émigréOne who left home
- SovietOf the USSR
- iron curtainDivider of forged metal
- Red SquareMoscow's central plaza
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
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