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The following is a summary of censuses carried out in the Soviet Union: Year Territory (km 2) Total population Rank Density per km 2 Change Urban population Share ...
Information poster for the 1937 census. The 1937 Soviet census held on January 6, 1937, was the most controversial of the censuses taken within the Soviet Union.The census showed lower population figures than anticipated [citation needed], although it still showed a population growth from the last census in 1926, from 147 million to 162 million people in 1937.
In some parts, urban problems were raised also due to other infrastructure, mainly to the development of waterways. The construction of reservoirs on big rivers in the proximity of cities created new waterfronts which had to be developed. This happened mainly in the Soviet Union, but also in other countries.
The population of the Soviet Union was probably better prepared than any other nation involved in the fighting of World War II to endure the material hardships of the war. This is primarily because the Soviets were so used to shortages and coping with economic crisis in the past, especially during wartime—World War I brought similar ...
Special settlements in the Soviet Union were the result of population transfers and were performed in a series of operations organized according to social class or nationality of the deported. Resettling of "enemy classes" such as prosperous peasants and entire populations by ethnicity was a method of political repression in the Soviet Union ...
This was around 16% of the entire working population. [9] Prior to World War II, Soviet Azerbaijan was one of the world's largest producers of oil, oil products, and petroleum equipment, hugely contributing to the Soviet Union to be ranked next to the United States and Canada in oil production. Despite ongoing military actions, Baku remained ...
Population pyramid of the Soviet Union in 1950. After the Second World War, the population of the Soviet Union began to gradually recover to pre-war levels. By 1959 there were a registered 209,035,000 people, over the 1941 population count of 196,716,000. In 1958–59, Soviet fertility stood at around 2.8 children per woman. [2]
Pages in category "Cities and towns built in the Soviet Union" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .