Kyrgyzstan Emigration and Immigration

Online Sources
"Russian" records can contain records for all the regions included in the USSR.


 * 1800s 19th Century Russian Immigrants to the USA, index.
 * 1834-1897 Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage ($), index.
 * 1862-1928 Records of the Russian Consular Offices in the United States : NARA publication M1486, 1862-1928 Includes passports and passport applications, visas, nationality certificates, certificates of origin, inheritance information, contracts, and correspondence. These documents include name, date of birth, exact place of birth, details on family relationships, relatives living in the U.S. and Russia, physical description, photographs, details of military service, reasons for immigration, date and place of immigration, religion, and other information.
 * 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Russia
 * 1898-1922 Immigrants from the Russian Empire, 1898-1922 to Canada
 * 1898-1922 Records of Imperial Russian consulates in Canada, 1898-1922
 * Russians To America at FindMyPast; index only ($)
 * 1919 Russian Refugees, 1919 at Malta
 * United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records

Finding the Town of Origin in Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan Emigration and Immigration
"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country. Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.

Historical Background

 * In the late nineteenth century, the eastern part of what is today Kyrgyzstan, mainly the Issyk-Kul Region, was ceded to the Russian Empire by Qing China through the Treaty of Tarbagatai. The territory, then known in Russian as "Kirghizia", was formally incorporated into the Empire in 1876. The Russian takeover was met with numerous revolts, and many of the Kyrgyz opted to relocate to the Pamir Mountains (mostly in Tajikistan) and Afghanistan.
 * In addition, the suppression of the 1916 rebellion against Russian rule in Central Asia caused many Kyrgyz later to migrate to China. Since many ethnic groups in the region were (and still are) split between neighboring states at a time when borders were more porous and less regulated, it was common to move back and forth over the mountains, depending on where life was perceived as better; this might mean better rains for pasture or better government during oppression.
 * According to the last Soviet census in 1989, ethnic Kyrgyz made up only 22% of the residents of the northern city of Frunze (now Bishkek), while more than 60% were Russians, Ukrainians, and people from other Slavic nations. Nearly 10% of the capital's population were Jewish.

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