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Return to Home Page. Demographic Trends in Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia Slides for November 12, 2013. GEOG 433. USSR/Russian demographic developments of the century. Calamitous population losses Rapid urbanization Massive internal migrations.
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Return to Home Page Demographic Trends in Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia Slides for November 12, 2013 GEOG 433
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 “echo effects total ~ 150 million by 1991
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
Figure 7.2 Stalin’s projects Source: Blinnikov, 2011, p. 85.
Figure 10.3 Population pyramid for Russia in 2009.Source: Blinnikov, 2011, p. 143.
1 Moscow Москва Moscow 11,800,992 2 Saint Petersburg Санкт-Петербург Saint Petersburg 4,900,520 3 Novosibirsk Новосибирск Novosibirsk 1,397,191 4 Yekaterinburg Екатеринбург Sverdlovsk 1,332,264 5 Nizhny Novgorod Нижний Новгород Nizhny Novgorod 1,272,527 6 Samara Самара Samara 1,164 900 7 Kazan Казань Tatarstan 1,143 600 8 Omsk Омск Omsk 1,129,120 9 Chelyabinsk Челябинск Chelyabinsk 1,093,699 10 Rostov-on-Don Ростов-на-Дону Rostov 1,048,991 11 Ufa Уфа Bashkortostan 1,024,842 12 Volgograd Волгоград Volgograd 1,021,200 13 Perm Пермь Perm 985,794 14 Krasnoyarsk Красноярск Krasnoyarsk 947,801 15 Voronezh Воронеж Voronezh 843,496 16 Saratov Саратов Saratov 830,953 17 Tolyatti Тольятти Samara 720,346 18 Krasnodar Краснодар Krasnodar 710,686 19 Izhevsk Ижевск Udmurtia 611,043 20 Yaroslavl Ярославль Yaroslavl 606,336 Rosstat (2009) Russia’s Largest 20 cities (2009 pop.)
