Download or read book Demographic Trends and Patterns in the Soviet Union Before 1991 written by Wolfgang Lutz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of demographic trends and patterns in the republics of the Soviet Union. The material presented provides a comprehensive and detailed review of fertility, marriage and the family, age and mortality. With data evaluated by leading Soviet and Western demographers, this book forms the first compendium of demographic research on the former Soviet republics through the twentieth century.