George J. Demko Gregory Ioffe Zhanna Zaionchkovskaya
The demographic history of twentieth-century Russia has been marked by a series of tragedies. Calamitous wars, revolutions, civil strife, and political murders have resulted in unparalleled mortality rates, depressed fertility rates, and sadly unprecedented demographic patterns of all types. This volume explores the most recent problems afflicting the Russian population in the postCold War era.The demise of the Soviet Union has brought new hardshipsthe collapse of the health-care system, internal strife, and economic disruptionsto the people and has deeply affected demographic processes...
The demographic history of twentieth-century Russia has been marked by a series of tragedies. Calamitous wars, revolutions, civil strife, and politica...