{"title":"Regional trends in crude birth, death, and natural increase rates in Russia and the USSR: 1897-1989.","authors":"R A Lewis, R H Rowland","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"This paper establishes and discusses briefly regional patterns and trends in crude birth, death, and natural increase rates in Russia and the USSR from the turn of the century to 1989. The study is based on a comparable regional framework and placed in the context of the demographic transition theory. It discusses sources, collection, and quality of data, as well as necessary estimating procedures. An attempt also is made to examine briefly regional age-standardized rates.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 10","pages":"617-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22018229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Geography of the Russian 1995 Parliamentary Election: Continuity, Change, and Correlates","authors":"R. Clem, P. Craumer","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641008","url":null,"abstract":"Two specialists on the electoral geography of post-Soviet Russia analyze the spatial patterns emerging from the parliamentary election held in December 1995. In addition to detailed description of the geographical aspect of the party-preference vote, comparisons are made with the previous election in December 1993. Regression analysis is undertaken to relate the results across Russia's 89 regions to underlying demographic and economic factors thought to influence voting behavior. 13 figures, 6 tables, 28 references.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 1","pages":"587-616"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59718075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is Russia's demographic situation improving?","authors":"T Heleniak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"Since the Russian economy recently has shown sings of stabilization, there now is evidence that demographic trends are beginning to improve somewhat. Although the population declined by 164,200, to 148.1 million at the beginning of 1996, the release of new statistical compendia by the Russian statistical agency (Goskomstat Rosii) in 1995 and early 1996 makes it possible to identify several positive trends.... Life expectancy increased for the first time since 1985. The infant mortality rate declined for the second year in a row. The crude death rate declined for the first time in a decade. The birth rate remained at about the same level for the third consecutive year. The rate of natural increase (births minus deaths), although still negative, recorded a moderate increase.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 10","pages":"644-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22018230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional trends in crude birth, death, and natural increase rates in Russia and the USSR: 1897-1989.","authors":"R. Lewis, R. Rowland","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641009","url":null,"abstract":"\"This paper establishes and discusses briefly regional patterns and trends in crude birth, death, and natural increase rates in Russia and the USSR from the turn of the century to 1989. The study is based on a comparable regional framework and placed in the context of the demographic transition theory. It discusses sources, collection, and quality of data, as well as necessary estimating procedures. An attempt also is made to examine briefly regional age-standardized rates.\"","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"53 36 1","pages":"617-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59718116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in the Kyrgyz Republic","authors":"James M. Delehanty, K. Rasmussen","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641007","url":null,"abstract":"Two land tenure specialists chronicle initiatives in land reform and farm restructuring in the Kyrgyz Republic from 1991 to the present. A brief review of the legal basis for reforms to date is outlined and compared against progress in land reform and farm restructuring on the ground. Specific attention is devoted to regional variation in progress in farm restructuring, the impact of the reforms on farm size, farm labor requirements, and rural-to-urban migration. 1 figure, 9 tables, 10 references.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 1","pages":"565-586"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59718064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Russian Natural Gas Industry in the Mid-1990s","authors":"M. J. Sagers","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641006","url":null,"abstract":"Russia's natural gas industry has been enormously successful over the past quarter century (gas production increased nearly eightfold between 1970 and 1990 and exports outside the territory of the former USSR increased by 33 times), an outward success that appears to have carried over into the difficult transition period of the last five years; output has remained almost stable despite unprecedented declines elsewhere in the economy. Still, in recent years, with the overall economic and political transformation, the situation has become far more unsettled for the industry. This paper identifies and analyzes emerging new forces associated with the economic transition and assesses their likely impact upon the natural gas sector in terms of production trends and related developments in demand (both in terms of internal consumption and exports). 6 tables, 3 figures, 41 references.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 1","pages":"521-564"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59718001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Development of Market Relations in Agricultural Land: The Case of Kostroma Oblast","authors":"S. Wegren","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641005","url":null,"abstract":"A status report on land property relations in post-Soviet Russia examines progress made toward the development of markets for agricultural land (with emphasis on the situation in Kostroma Oblast). The author surveys the evolution of legislation addressing rural land issues in Russia before focusing on how agricultural land transactions generally are conducted at present, e.g., processes through which land becomes available for sale, the determination of land valuation and taxation upon sale, and registration procedures. The general picture emerging with respect to rural land relations in Russia then is supplemented by a detailed description of a local land market as it operates in Kostroma Oblast (Central Region), pieced together from extensive interviews with local officials, a survey of the local press, and examination of local records and documents. 1 figure, 2 tables, 16 references.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"24 1","pages":"496-512"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Rayon-Level Analysis of the Russian Election and Constitutional Plebiscite of December 1993","authors":"R. Clem, P. Craumer","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641003","url":null,"abstract":"Two specialists on the electoral geography of post-Soviet Russia present findings from the first systematic study of regional political patterns at the rayon level. Drawing on a sample of 303 rayons from nine oblasts, the analysis underscores the salience of the urban-rural divide in Russian politics, as manifested in voters' preferences for parties and their support for the new Russian constitution in the national election of December 1993. The extent to which party preference, voting on the constitution, and voter turnout are associated with one another and with the age composition and educational attainment of the population in the respective units is tested using regression techniques. 4 figures, 6 tables, 28 references.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 1","pages":"459-475"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Economic Conditions of Nationalities in the Baltics","authors":"R. Rose","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641004","url":null,"abstract":"Economies can be analyzed at both the macro- and micro-economic levels; in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, a cross-cutting dimension also is relevant, comparing similarities and differences in the micro-economic conditions of the multiple nationalities living there. This paper first outlines different levels and types of economic activity especially relevant in economies in transformation. Second, it draws upon the second New Baltic Barometer (NBB) survey of April 1995 to analyze individual and household economic conditions in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In each country the Barometer separately examines Baltic and Russian nationals. It thus can test how important nationality is (or is not) for economic success or for avoiding destitution. The study draws upon comparisons of micro-economic conditions and macro-level data for the Baltic states, demonstrating the need to use micro-level data to understand what is actually happening within societies in transformation. 13 tables, 31 references.","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 1","pages":"476-495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Economic transition and demographic change in Russia, 1989-1995.","authors":"T. Heleniak","doi":"10.1080/10605851.1995.10641002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641002","url":null,"abstract":"The author \"reviews recent population changes in Russia, relating trends in fertility, mortality, natural increase, and migration to the social and economic effects of the transition to a market economy. Significant trends (a precipitous drop in fertility, an extraordinary increase in mortality--especially among middle-aged males--and a consequent decline in natural increase) are identified and analyzed, with dislocations caused by the uncertainties of economic and political transition suggested as the principal causes. The effect of net in-migration to Russia (probably mainly ethnic Russians from the Near Abroad countries) in partially offsetting the natural population decrease is examined as well.\"","PeriodicalId":85331,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet geography","volume":"36 7 1","pages":"446-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10605851.1995.10641002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59717872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}