ITRODUCTIONThe immigration of the Jewish people to the USSR during the administration of Mikhail Gorbachev is generally seen as a response to the enormous demand from Jews who desperately wanted to leave the Soviet Union and as a state policy towards ethnic minorities. minority issues. Historically speaking, anti-Semitism has been rooted for centuries in Russia. Jews brought lawsuits from Tsarist Russia, and more recently the lawsuits reached their peak during the Stalin administration. People might think that it was the long-existing hostile atmosphere towards the Jewish people that primarily led to their migration out of the USSR. But the situation is more complicated. When Gorbachev came to power as Party General Secretary in 1985, Soviet immigration policy was, to a large extent, adjusted according to the bleak Soviet economic situation and diplomatic relations with the United States and Israel . The transition was not simply a compromise under pressure from Western powers, but also an attempt to reverse economic deterioration such as high unemployment. In this thesis, I will discuss the major reasons behind the transition in immigration policy under the Gorbachev administration as well as its consequences and implications. PART I: The Reasons The immigration transition carried out by the Gorbachev administration could be divided into two periods. The first period spanned from 1985 to 1986, when Gorbachev launched a radical reform known as perestroika, which literally means reconstruction. The stagnation of the Soviet economy and frosty relations with the United States led it to adopt the concept of glasnost and "new thinking", which can be translated into a series of promotions of openness and freedom in the public affairs and flexibility in foreign policy. The decree of the Council of Ministers... middle of paper ...... is to emigrate to Israel, because housing costs in Israel were much lower than those in the United States. Despite all these negative consequences, Soviet Jews continued to bring bright prospects throughout the world. From an economic perspective, Soviet Jews migrated from the Soviet Union, where workers were not very productive, to countries where workers were more productive. Thus, Jewish migration increased production efficiency and living standards on a global scale, as well as on an individual level. An example would be Jewish immigrants to Israel and the United States, where their contributions to economic and social development have outweighed negative impacts such as ethnic conflict and social pressure. Most importantly, on the basis of humanity, the transition allowed Jews to pursue prosperity and freedom, as well as to realize their cultural, religious, and political desires in the promising new lands..