Russia’s Demographic Development Trends in the Post-Soviet Period
The disintegration of the USSR led to the fourth demographic crisis in Russia in the last one hundred years which, lire the previous ones, was reflected in an unprecedented low fertility and higher level of mortality. In fertility Russia stands equal to the developed countries, in mortality it compares to the developing ones. For the most of the post-Soviet period the fertility coefficient was much lower he critical level (1,6–2,1) which provides for simple reproduction. From 1992 to 2010 Russia’s population diminished by 13,2 million people.