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Baleeva Kseniya Igorevna
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FGAU VPO National research university "The Higher School of Economy"
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Articles count: 1
The problem of newborns abandonment in modern
Russia is relevant but understudied. This article
discusses the nature and dynamics of the problem.
Newborns abandonment is considered in the
framework of social and demographic modernization.
The problem of newborns abandonment is studied in
the context of social orphanhood in Russia. The author
focuses on the history of the problem of newborns
abandonment, its features in pre-revolutionary Russia,
the Soviet Union and modern Russia. For a deeper
understanding of the problem the author held a series
of expert interviews and highlighted the main factors
that influenced newborns abandonment in Soviet and
post-Soviet Russia. The main challenges in the
development of prevention in modern Russia are
identified. The author concludes on the need to reform
the system for preventing newborns abandonment as
part of the ideology of the family-centered approach
and constructing a unified federal structure. The paper
uses qualitative methods: literature review, expert
interviews. The article may be of interest to specialists
in the field of social work, sociology, demography,
politics, and economics