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This is the story of Russian Civil War refugees in occupied Istanbul. Most of these refugees were placed in refugee camps in and around the city, while other "free" refugees experienced the city in a new refugee-oriented way. Spatial regulations and restrictions helped the governors of occupied Istanbul - the Allied representatives, and the Ottoman administration - to materialize a new political hierarchy where Russian exiles became internationalized modern refugees.
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This page is a summary of: Constructing a Refugee Through Producing a Refugee Space: Russian Migrants in Occupied Istanbul (1919–22), International Journal of Islamic Architecture, July 2021, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/ijia_00047_1.
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