On the 1920–1930s Repatriation of Kalmyk Emigrants
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-10-60-75
Abstract
The article deals with the Kalmyk emigrants’ repatriation in the context of studies of realia reflected in the then literary activities that took place abroad. With evidence from historical materials and archival documents, the paper examines the repatriation of Kalmyk emigrants to Russia in the 1920s. As is known, separate groups of Kalmyks fled to Western Europe and later to the United States during the Russian Civil War. In exile the emigrants well understood that the point of no return had been passed and, thus, those were forced to adapt to the harsh living conditions. However, some of the emigrants chose to be repatriated. The paper illustrates the positions of the two groups of emigrants that split on the point of returning to homeland territories, and shows that political views of Kalmyk expatriates remained completely anti-Soviet to the last. This was aggravated by repressions and ambiguous policies conducted by the Soviet regime: the decision on amnesty was soon followed by purges towards the repatriated individuals.
About the Author
D. Topalova
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph. D. in Philology (Candidate of Philological Sciences), Research Associate, Department of Mongolian Philology
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Topalova D. On the 1920–1930s Repatriation of Kalmyk Emigrants. Mongolian Studies. 2017;9(1):60-75. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2017-10-60-75
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