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2. Fertility Decline and Recent Changes in Russia: On the Threshold of the Second Demographic Transition by Sergei V. Zakharov and Elena I. Ivanova Introduction This paper surveys fertility trends in Russia since the beginning of the 1900s, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s, with comparisons to selected countries. The rapid fertility decline in Russia over the past decade has been the subject of ...

Barren Ground: Eastern Europe's Transition from Communism Isn't the Only Factor Affecting the Region's Demographics by Julie DaVanzo and Clifford Grammich A recent BBC report, citing UN research, notes that sliding birth rates may cause the population of Eastern Europe to decrease by a third in the first half of the 21st century. The report attributes these fertility declines primarily to the ...