ABSTRACT

Across most Western societies, trends towards increased ethnic intermarriage have been observed across the second half of the twentieth century. Whether such trends hold across the multi-ethnic society of Russia is not known. We analyze Russian census data and describe levels and trends in ethnic intermarriage in four highly different Russian cities. We find no change in ethnic intermarriage in Moscow, but more intermarriage in younger cohorts in the other three cities where the populations are more ethnically heterogeneous. Levels and trends in ethnic intermarriage vary substantially throughout Russia by locality and ethnic group. Our study highlights how trends in intermarriage can vary within a society, and how the local, historical context may play an important role.

摘要

在大多数西方社会中，在 20 世纪下半叶观察到了种族通婚增加的趋势。尚不清楚俄罗斯的多民族社会是否存在这种趋势。我们分析了俄罗斯人口普查数据，并描述了四个高度不同的俄罗斯城市的族裔通婚水平和趋势。我们发现莫斯科的族裔通婚没有变化，但在其他三个人口更加异质的城市，年轻群体的通婚更多。俄罗斯各地的族裔通婚水平和趋势因地区和族群而异。我们的研究强调了社会内部通婚趋势如何变化，以及当地历史背景如何发挥重要作用。