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Xorowoízveśtno, hto demografi´heskaq situaćiq v

Rossií o´hen; ser;e¨znaq. Ro'daémost; pa´daet,

naseleńie sokra]aétsq. No ved; Rossi´q ne

iskl[heńie. To 'e sa´moe proisxo´dit v drugi´x

strańax. Po-moému, \´to xorowo´.

DEMO´GRAF

Da, kone´hno. L[

´ di staĺi boĺee otve´tstvennymi i

sa´mi planiŕu[t svo[

śem;[´. Molodyé l[´di xotq´t

Demografiq

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6

7

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10

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2

3

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poluhi´t; obrazovańie i stat; samostoq´tel;nymi. K

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so'aleńi[, v Rossií situaćiq druga´q. V raźvityx

6

strańax smeŕtnost; umen;waétsq, a v Rossií

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uveli´hivaetsq i u'e´ prevywaét ro'daémost;. Tako´go

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rań;we ne´ bylo.

9

SOCIOĹOG

Oby´hno \´to ob#qsnq´[t tq'e¨lym \konomi´heskim

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polo'eńiem. No mo´'no li vseöb#qsni´t; toĺ;ko

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\konomi´heskim kriźisom?

2

DEMO´GRAF

Kone´hno, net. Taka´q situaćiq ne toĺ;ko sle´dstvie

3

\konomi´heskix fa´ktorov. Zdes; mno´go drugi´x prihiń.

4

Tut i revol[

ćiq, i gra'dańskaq vojna´, a ta´k'e

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staĺinskie repreśsii 30-x godo´v. Soglaśno

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7

demo´grafam toĺ;ko v Veli´koj ote´hestvennoj vojne´

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Rossi´q poterqĺa pohti´ 27 mln. helove´k.

9

SOCIOĹOG

No mo´'et byt;, prihińa v tom, hto na´we o´b]estvo

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staĺo urbaniziŕovannym? Bol;winstvońaseleńiq

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tepeŕ; gorodskoé. A v gorodski´x se´m;qx maĺo dete´j,

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dvoé dete´j ne boĺ;we.

3

DEMO´GRAF

Urbanizaćiq – o´hen; va´'naq prihińa. No druga´q, ne

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meńee va´'naq prihińa – povyweńie ob]eśtvennogo

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sta´tusa 'eń]iny. Ved; u 'eń]iny tepeŕ; est; vy´bor.

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Onaśamaŕewaét skoĺ;ko, kogda´, s kaki´m intervaĺom

7

i ot kogoŕo'a´t;.

8

SOCIOĹOG

Zna´hit, po-va´wemu, demografi´heskaq situaćiq

9

40

zaviśit ot mno´gix fa´ktorov?

1

DEMO´GRAF

Nesomneńno. Na´do uhi´tyvat; vse fa´ktory, eśli vy

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xoti´te ponq´t; demografi´hesku[ situaći[ v Rossií.

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Demography

Vocabulary ♦

Veli´kaq Ote´hestvennaq Vojna´

Great Patriotic War (World War 2)

gra'dańskaq vojna´

civil war

ob]eśtvennyj sta´tus

social status

pa´dat;

to fall

ro'a´t;

to give birth

sle´dstvie

consequence

uhi´tyvat;

to take into consideration

Exercise 9

Answer the following questions in English.

1 What demographic process is taking place throughout the world?

2 What is the demographic situation in Russia?

3 What are the differences and similarities between the

demographic situation in Russia and Europe?

4 Why is the number of children per family falling?

5 What explains the overall reduction in the population in the 1930s, 1940s and 1980s?

6 What does the fall in the birth-rate depend on?

TABLICA 2

Ob]ie ko\fficienty ro'daemosti, smertnosti i

estestvennogo prirosta v Rossii