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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 |