Tajikistan Emigration and Immigration

Online Records
"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 ($), index.
 * 1862-1928 Records of the Russian Consular Offices in the United States : NARA publication M1486, 1862-1928 Includes passports and passport applications, visas, nationality certificates, certificates of origin, inheritance information, contracts, and correspondence. These documents include name, date of birth, exact place of birth, details on family relationships, relatives living in the U.S. and Russia, physical description, photographs, details of military service, reasons for immigration, date and place of immigration, religion, and other information.
 * 1892-1924 New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924 Search results for Russia
 * 1898-1922 Immigrants from the Russian Empire, 1898-1922 to Canada
 * 1898-1922 Records of Imperial Russian consulates in Canada, 1898-1922 [LI-RA-MA collection
 * 1904-1914 Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914 at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Russia
 * 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 Tajikistan
If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Tajikistan, see Tajikistan Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Tajikistan 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.

Emigration From Tajikistan
In 1989, ethnic Russians in Tajikistan made up 7.6% of the population; by 1998 the proportion had reduced to approximately 0.5% following the Tajikistani Civil War which had displaced the majority of ethnic Russians. Following the end of the war, Russian emigration continued. The ethnic German population of Tajikistan has also declined due to emigration: having topped at 38,853 in 1979, it has almost vanished since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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