In Russia there is a surplus of single women and a shortage of men. Thus, there are more available women than men there. It is explained by different reasons:
The first reason is historical. In the past century Russia came through the hard times: World War I, Revolution, Civil War, the series of Stalin’s repressions and World War II. All that took away millions of men’s lives.
Second reason is economical. The changes happened in the 90s lead to the total decline of the Russian economy. Lots of huge factories and manufactures stopped working. Thousands of people were thrown out to the streets. Many young people could not find their places, as their degrees were not demanded. And so, Russians had to find distance work to support their families. Thousands of Russian men aged 20-50 work abroad nowadays, mostly in Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Third reason is social. Many Russian girls do not have a chance to meet a man. When a girl leaves the University (and she does not manage to get married during the years of study) her chances to meet a man low down increasingly. She gets to a quite closed society and her life is mainly shared between work and home.
Also alcohol and bad treatment for women are one of the greatest problems of Russian men. Quite often women have to divorce because they can’t stand bad treatment or alcoholism of their husbands.
Therefore, some of the single girls turned their attention the marriage agencies, dating agencies. A lot of them do not mind marring a foreign man. Foreign men have got a reputation of being educated, well-bred, prosperous, decent and faithful. It is a nice thing in itself as there are hundreds of examples of happy marriages between a Russian women and a foreign men. But a huge demand from both sides gave a rise to a new kind of business "marriage industry" and a new class of girls "Russian Brides".
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