Ekaterina Protassova is associate professor in Russian language at the University of Helsinki.Maria Yelenevskaya is affiliated with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

“A unique interdisciplinary glance at the Russian linguistic and cultural continuity in several major hubs of the transnational Russophone diaspora. A rich tapestry of ethographic studies conducted in Finland, Germany, Israel, and other isles of the expanding, multi-million Russian archipelago, illuminating strategies of homemaking abroad while keeping dense ties with the cultural metropoly.”

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Understanding Migrant Communities Through the Lens of Everyday PracticesChapter 1: Work and Occupational PracticesChapter 2: Homemaking in a New LandChapter 3: The Immigrants’ Family: A Bulwark or an Achilles HeelChapter 4: Work Done, We’ll Have FunChapter 5: Virtual Russian World as Part of Migrant ExperienceChapter 6: Transnational Ties: Across Borders and ContinentsChapter 7: Transnational Lives of Russian Foods: Nostalgia, Group Identity, and Popular Culture Chapter 8: Russian in the World: Hybridity, Pluricentricity, and CreativityConclusionReferencesAbout the Author

Ekaterina Protassova is associate professor in Russian language at the University of Helsinki.Maria Yelenevskaya is affiliated with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

“A unique interdisciplinary glance at the Russian linguistic and cultural continuity in several major hubs of the transnational Russophone diaspora. A rich tapestry of ethographic studies conducted in Finland, Germany, Israel, and other isles of the expanding, multi-million Russian archipelago, illuminating strategies of homemaking abroad while keeping dense ties with the cultural metropoly.”

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Understanding Migrant Communities Through the Lens of Everyday PracticesChapter 1: Work and Occupational PracticesChapter 2: Homemaking in a New LandChapter 3: The Immigrants’ Family: A Bulwark or an Achilles HeelChapter 4: Work Done, We’ll Have FunChapter 5: Virtual Russian World as Part of Migrant ExperienceChapter 6: Transnational Ties: Across Borders and ContinentsChapter 7: Transnational Lives of Russian Foods: Nostalgia, Group Identity, and Popular Culture Chapter 8: Russian in the World: Hybridity, Pluricentricity, and CreativityConclusionReferencesAbout the Author