Aliyah from the Soviet Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Aliyah_from_the_Soviet_Union

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Jewish migration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	Soviet Jewish aliyah
gptkbp:cause	economic opportunity persecution Zionist ideology family reunification desire for religious freedom
gptkbp:destination	gptkb:Israel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Aliyah from the Soviet Union
gptkbp:impact	Israeli society Israeli culture Israeli economy
gptkbp:mainPeriod	late 1980s early 1990s 1970s-1990s
gptkbp:notable_for	First wave: 1970s Second wave: late 1980s–1990s
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Haifa gptkb:Tel_Aviv gptkb:Ashdod gptkb:Netanya Beersheba
gptkbp:notableCommunity	Russian-speaking Israelis
gptkbp:notableEvent	collapse of the Soviet Union opening of Soviet borders
gptkbp:notableFor	1990 1991
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Jewish_Agency_for_Israel gptkb:HIAS gptkb:Nativ Sokhnut
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Avigdor_Lieberman gptkb:Ze'ev_Elkin gptkb:Marina_Solodkin gptkb:Yuli_Edelstein gptkb:Natan_Sharansky
gptkbp:notablePlace	Soviet Jews became about 15% of Israel's population by 2000 by 2000, over 1 million Soviet Jews had immigrated to Israel
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 1 million
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Law_of_Return
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Jackson–Vanik_amendment gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Operation_Exodus gptkb:Operation_Magic_Carpet gptkb:Operation_Moses gptkb:Operation_Solomon gptkb:Soviet–Israeli_relations gptkb:Soviet_Jewry_movement dissident Refusenik movement Soviet emigration policy anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union Zionism in the Soviet Union
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Aliyah_from_the_Soviet_Union_(1970s) gptkb:Soviet_Jewish_emigration
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7