In the context of international migration, gender shapes integration patterns in the destination country (Hagan, 1998, Franz, 2003), as well as transnational practices (Boehm, 2008), including remittance behaviour (De Jong and others, 1996), it also influences reintegration trajectories in the case of return to the migrant's country of origin (Guarnizo, 1996). Surprisingly though, die gender approach is rarely applied in studies of migration in die area covered by die former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Rather, migration is still often perceived by default as a male phenomenon, thus, gender is an issue rarely taken into account in such studies.