The push and pull definitions are as follows:

• Push factors are the reasons why people left Russia, such as persecution, fear, natural disasters, poverty and unemployment
• Pull factors are the reasons why people moved to the United States of America in search of freedom, safety, stability and new opportunities

Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration to America for kids: Political, Economic, Social & Environmental Reasons
The push and pull factors of Russian Migration are dictated by economic, political, environmental and social reasons. Discover specific events in the history of Russia that prompted Russian people to leave their homes to start a new life in America. 

Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration for kids: Examples of Russian Migration Chart
The following chart provides facts and information about some specific examples of Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration to America.

Examples of Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration to America

List and Examples of Push Factors

Political and Economic Factor: In 1725 Czar Peter the Great sent Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific and Russia claimed the lands of Alaska. The United States of America purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867.

Political and Economic Factor: In 1861 Tzar Alexander II proclaimed the Emancipation Manifesto granting freedom to the serfs and the right to travel.

Environmental Factor: Russia was devastated by terrible Cholera epidemics during the 1800's and early 1900's due to a lack of water and sewage treatment systems. Millions of people died terrible deaths.

Political and Environmental Factors: Russia were unable to provide improved sanitation systems or adequate medical care and introduced a quarantine system with armed guards which led to Russian Cholera Riots. The riots were aggressively suppressed by the Russian government.

Political Factor: Jewish Russians were persecuted and many died in the violence of the riots called the 'Pogroms'

Economic Factor: The Second Industrial Revolution (aka the Age of Steel) in the 1880's centered on Steel, Oil and Electricity and required vast amounts of unskilled labor to man the factories. 

Environmental Factor: The Russian Famine of 1891-1892 was caused by severe weather conditions that ruined the grain crops. Russians were literally starving to death

Political Factor: Russia was a participant in WW1 (1914-1918) and the violence and conflict was worsened by the Russian Revolution led by Lenin and the Bolsheviks and the Civil war (1918-1922) between the Red Army and the White Russians (anti-communists).

Political Factor: The Soviet era and Communism led to the long Cold War.

Political Economic and Social Factors: The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a new political and economic system in Russia.

List and Examples of Pull Factors

Russian fur traders were the first Russian immigrants who looked to gain wealth and open new, lucrative trading opportunities

Many of the freed serfs were unable to sustain their families on the small plots of land they were granted so turned to America to escape poverty and start a new life and new opportunities.

Russian Immigrants fled to America to escape death and disease and seek a new life and safety with a reduced fear of disease.

People wanted to escape the violence of the riots and the aggressive policy of the government and enjoy the freedom offered in America.

Russian Jews chose to emigrate to find stability and escape from political and religious persecution

Immigrants seized the opportunity to build a new life and gain new employment in America

To find more fertile land to escape hunger and disease and find safety in a more settled climate and environment.

Many Russian intellectuals and business owners, (White Emigre) escaped the Bolsheviks and the Communists by fleeing to safety of America and political freedom.

A small number of Russian defectors and dissidents immigrated to the USA for political reasons.

Russian immigrants moved the USA to join family members and enjoy the opportunities offered in America

Push Pull factors of Russian Migration for kids: Pull Push factors of Russia
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Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration: Political Examples of of Push and Pull factors in Russia
Find examples of Political Push and Pull factors such as significant historical events in Russian history such as wars, revolutions such as the Russian Civil War (1918-1922), political autocracy and violent conflicts such as the Cholera Riots and the Pogroms which prompted the migration of Russian people to escape political or religious persecution.

Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration: Environmental Examples of Push and Pull factors in Russia
Find examples of Environmental Push and Pull factors relating to any devastating natural disasters that have hit Russia such as famines, crop failure and diseases such as cholera and typhus that led Russian people to seek safety in a more settled climate and environment.

Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration: Social Examples of Push and Pull factors in Russia
Find examples of Social Push and Pull factors that prompted migration from Russia such as lack of education, medical facilities and an oppressive regime that led Russian people to consider emigration in order to achieve a better standard of living and improve educational opportunities and health facilities.

Push and Pull factors of Russian Migration: Economic Examples of of Push and Pull factors in Russia
Find examples of Economic Push and Pull factors that prompted immigration from Russia such as poverty and high levels of unemployment that led Russian people to consider emigration in order to achieve a better standard of living and improve employment opportunities.