From the very dawn of Soviet power and devel­op­ment,  due to a series of tragic events, women sig­nif­i­cantly out­num­bered men by about 20 mln. The Rev­o­lu­tion of 1917, first World War, Stalin’s polit­i­cal repres­sions, sec­ond World War, tough recov­ery peri­ods — all of this con­tributed to the num­ber of men steadily decreas­ing. Not only it affected the mar­riage mar­ket — it had a few more severe impli­ca­tions to the can­vas of the Soviet life altogether.

Love is in the air.

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