Diasporic Identity in Russian Azerbaijanis
Journal: Hacettepe University Institutional Repository (hacettepe.edu.tr)
Year: 2016

This thesis aims to analyzethe Azerbaijani diaspora in Russia and its components in the formation of the diasporic identity. In order to examine the identity formation of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Russia; firstly, various opinions on diaspora and the relation of diaspora with identity, ethnicity and migration are discussed. The ethno-national diaspora concept of Sheffer is also used in the thesis to analyze the Azerbaijani diaspora in Russia. Secondly, the general outlook of the Caucasus with