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USSR/Russian demographic developments of the century
Calamitous population losses
Rapid urbanization
Massive internal migrations

Estimates of USSR/Russian Population calamities
WWI & Civil War -2 million
Epidemics 1917-23 - 3 million
Famines, human-induced -5.5 million
Forced collectivization - 10 million
Famines & Purges of the 1930s - 15 million
World War II -
Direct losses - 25-30 million
Population indirect effects -birth deficits - 15 million
Total population deficits including Òecho effects total ~ 150 million by 1991

Population of Former Soviet Republics
Population of Largest Cities
Population Density & Cities
Fig 7.1 Former USSR distribution of population
Languages of the former USSR
Table 7.1 Russia: birth rates, death rates & rates of natural increase per 1000, 1960-1991
Table 7.2 Russia: birth rates, death rates, rates of natural increase per 1000, 1991-96
Table 7.3 , Birth, death & natural increase rates per 1000 population by selected region, 1995
Table 7.4 Migration trends in selected Russian regions, 1989-96 (in thousands
Fig 7.5 Development of Russian housing fund (millions of square meters)
Table 7.6 Russia: total and urban population 1917--96 (millions)
Table 7.7 Levels of urbanization across Russian economic regions, 1996 (in%)
Table 7.8 Size distribution of Russian urban settlements, 1996
Table 7.9 Level of urban development of Russian economic regions, 1989
Population pyramids 1989
Russia: Age-Sex Structure, January 1, 2001
Figure 7.2 StalinÕs projects
Age-Sex Structure 1989-2001 comparison
Population Pyramid of Russia, 2010
Figure 10.3 Population pyramid for Russia in 2009.
Source: Blinnikov, 2011, p. 143.
Projected population pyramid, 2050
RussiaÕs Largest 20 cities (2009 pop.)
Russia: total fertility rate 1960-2000
Russia: Marriage and Divorce rates, 1970-2001
Russia: Share of births outside Marriage, 1970-2000
Russia: Abortion rate and ratio, 1989-2000
Russia: Life Expectancy by Sex, 1960-2001
Male Death Rates by Cause in Russia & the EU, 1994-95