The Yankovsky Family: Social Adaptation of Russian Emigrants in Korea (1920s — Early 1940s)

One of the most important problems in study йmigrй communities is problem social adaptation emigrants to conditions new sociocultural environment. This issue analysed both at level emigration as a whole or regional emigrant colony and an individual family individual. article devoted analysis “clan” model emigrants’ proposed by author with reference Far Eastern Yankovsky family, who emigrated Korea. Based on materials private sources, mainly memoir literature, identifies factors that ensured success process clan. These include type method socialisation, which implied younger generation’s focus values their strong national component professional sphere; presence serious capital its rational implementation; belonging culture frontier fairly favourable context colonial At same time, two opposite trends were simultaneously operating. Belonging created for integration into environment, leading role system values, orientation towards preservation maintenance, contributed diasporisation émigré community. The Russian can be used large families environment other countries East and, above all, Northern Manchuria (Harbin).