Orphans in the Soviet Union
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At certain periods the Soviet state had to deal with large numbers of orphans and other kinds of street children — due to a number of turmoils in the history of the country from its very beginnings. M
Street children in Russia, 1920s
Street children in Russia, 1924
Red Army soldier with a child whose mother was killed in the war, Russia, 1943
Orphans in Russia
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As of 2011 from the numbers presented from Russia at the UN states that, Russia has over 650,000 children who are registered orphans, 70% of which arrived in the orphanages in the 1990s. Of these, 370
Orphans in the Soviet Union
…economic downturn, ethnic conflicts, and food shortages contributed to these statistics. Poverty defined the plight of family life in the years to come. Orphans in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union Ball, Alan (1993). "State Children: Soviet Russia's Besprizornye and the New Socialist Generation". The Russian…
Orphanage in Vladivostok
Orphanage in Arkhangelsk, 1994
RIAN archive 635660 Orphans and disabled children are celebrating Christmas
Children outside of orphanage in Arkhangelsk, 1994