Russia in Motion

Russia in Motion, Volume 1, examines the profound impact of movement across Eurasia from the seventeenth century onward. This history and social science text analyzes how the circulation of people, information, and objects restructured collective identities and influenced Russian governance. Through a collection of scholarly essays, the book explores the political and cultural power of mobility, focusing on the legacies created by the Russian and Soviet states.

The volume incorporates perspectives from anthropology, sociology, and law to study a diverse array of historical actors, including religious pilgrims, imperial visionaries, and disability activists. By focusing on emigration, immigration, and internal migration, Russia in Motion, Volume 1, provides new research models for historians and political scientists. This academic work details the processes behind human mobility and its lasting meaning for modern Russian society.