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The number of orphanages has increased by 100% between 2002 and 2012 to 2,176. [2] Some of the reasons for children to end up in the orphanages are domestic abuse, parental substance abuse, having lost their parents, or being found alone on the streets. [4] As for those who are social orphans there are various reasons why they end up in orphanages.
Major contributors to the population of orphans and otherwise homeless children included World War I (1914–1918), the October Revolution of November 1917 followed by the Russian Civil War (1917–1922), famines of 1921–1922 and of 1932–1933, political repression, forced migrations, and the Soviet-German War theatre (1941–1945) of World ...
Denys, a central character in our extensive coverage of the children Russia has stolen from Ukraine, is finally tasting freedom. Ukrainian Orphan, Victim of 'Brainwashing,' Escapes Russia Skip to ...
BBC reported information from a Russian interior ministry that 600,000 women were physically or verbally abused at home. [25] Yelena Mizulina , a member of the Federation Council , cited much lower figures for 2015, reporting that around 300 women per year died at the hands of husbands or other relatives and accusing feminists of inflating the ...
The global body interviewed hundreds of victims and witnesses for a report detailing more than 900 cases of civilians, including children and elderly people, being arbitrarily detained in the ...
In 1917, the Russian Revolution resulted in Soviet ideology that centered around the idea of creating a society free of anomalies [citation needed].As such, children born with disabilities were considered "defective", and the policy on "defectology" was developed through resolutions passed by the Council of Ministers of the USSR. [7]
The U.N. envoy charged with trying to protect children caught in conflicts is in Moscow, where she is reported to be meeting Russia’s children’s rights commissioner, who is charged with war ...
Oksana Serhiyivna Makar (Ukrainian: Оксана Сергіївна Макар, Russian: Оксана Сергеевна Макар, 11 June 1993 – 29 March 2012) [3] spent a significant part of her childhood in an orphanage after both her father and her stepfather were imprisoned for dealing drugs and her mother was convicted of robbery and sentenced to three years. [4]