ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the meaning of the house for twelve migrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) and settlement in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. Immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel took place in two waves. The first was during the years 1968-1979 and second was between the end of 1989 and 2001. It is estimated that more than nine hundred thousand immigrants from countries of the FSU arrived in Israel during that wave. The presence of FSU migrants in the Tel Aviv region is prominent in less affluent localities around the core, where many of them could find affordable housing. Past houses of FSU immigrants in their homelands included urban apartments and detached houses. Andrey and Dasha, a father and daughter, described their past house with bright eyes and passion. Some home-building practices that were visible in FSU homes were the display of wall plates and other souvenirs from their homeland and other countries.
