1st Edition
Population Under Duress Geodemography Of Post-soviet Russia
298 Pages
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Routledge
300 Pages
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Routledge
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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 post?Cold War... Read more
Preface Overview * Age Structures of the Former Soviet Republics Victoria A. Velkoff. * The Demographic Situation in Post-Soviet Russia Victor Perevedentsev. Basic Demographic Processes * Fertility and Nuptiality in Russia: Problems and Prospects Sergey Zakharov. * Russian Mortality: Past Negative Trends and Recent Improvements Anatoly Vishnevsky and Vladimir Shkolnikov. * The Geodemography of Infant Mortality in the Soviet Union, 1950-1990 Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver. Migration and Conflict * Recent Migration Trends in Russia Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya. * Chinese Demographic Expansion into Russia: Myth or Inevitability? Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya. * Potential Migration of Russian Speaking Population from Central Asia to Russia Galina Vitkovskaya. * The Causes and Demographic-Social Consequences of Inter-Ethnic and Regional Conflicts in the Post-Soviet Union Vladimir Mukomel and Emil Payin. Urban and Rural Processes * Turning Points and Trends in Russias Urbanization Olga Medvedkov and Yuri Medvedkov. * Rural Population Change and Agriculture Grigory Ioffe and Tatyana Nefedova. * Conclusion
Biography
George J Demko, Dartmouth College; Grigory Ioffe, Radford University; Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya Russian Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Labor
