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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 ...
G.I. Rossolimo Boarding School No. 49 is a boarding school for orphans with mental disabilities, located in Moscow. Founded in 1873, initially known as the St. Mary's Shelter (Russian: Убежище Святой Марии, romanized: Ubyezhishchye Svatoy Mariy), [1] served as a center for research in child psychopathology under the direction of G.I. Rossolimo. [2]
Pages in category "Orphanages in Russia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Orphans in the Soviet Union; S. St. Nicholas Orphanage
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The Russian Children's Welfare Society is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in New York City with branches in Moscow and San Francisco.It was founded in 1926 to help Russian children whose families fled to other countries after the onset of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
More than 200 children evacuated from an orphanage in Ukraine's conflict zone arrived in the western city of Lviv after a 24-hour train journey with their carers.
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]