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Originally Posted by Tennyson
My question is why the USSR didn't take refugees, guest workers etc.
The Communist nations did suffer from similar demographic problems as Western countries after the World War II which caused a huge loss of population in the USSR.
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Hmmm. During the Great Depression of the 1930's the Soviet Union did take people in, people who were workers, who were in many instances quite convinced reds themselves, and at least some of which ended up being executed in the purges, and or in forced labor camps, and some came back from where they left. Though I wouldn't be prepared to say it was great numbers that went over, I don't know. After WWII they took some too, but these being defectors from what I know, Oswald being one.
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Obviously, the Commies did not practice what they preached.
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I suppose there might of been willingness but perhaps things economically would simply not have sustained any great inflow. A matter of practical reality possibly on their part. But Svin and the other Russians at this site probably know the reality best and the why of it.