ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a detailed picture of migration and discusses the aims, scope, and structure of this migration by referring to the memories of migrants. The Basmachi movement was a national struggle against Russian expansion, pressures, and persecution, and its effects on people were significant. The failure of this struggle resulted in the migration of Turkestanians. Moreover, the secularization policies of the Soviet regime forced Turkestanians to migrate. The main reason for the migration of the Turkestanian families was to preserve their religion. Moreover, this chapter accounts for the social and economic reasons for migration. It examines the stories of migrants and their descendants on collectivization, dekulakization, and famine. Turkestanian migrants were condemned and labeled by the local people of the Soviet Union and the Soviet government for taking gold away from their homeland. Turkestanian migrants still feel great sadness to hear this condemnation and despisement. This chapter informs about the difficulties of migrant families on their migratory routes. It addresses the Second World War and its impacts on migration. Finally, it briefly explains the situation of Turkestanians who formed the Turkestan Legion under the German army during the Second World War.
