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Krasnogorodsky Orphanage, Pskov Region. The Krasnogorodsky Orphanage, established in 1988, currently houses 103 children between the ages of 6 and 20 with various health issues. The city center of Pskov is located almost 160 kilometers from the orphanage.
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By the early 1920s, Russia was home to millions of orphaned and abandoned children, collectively described in Russian as besprizornye, besprizorniki (literally "unattended"). [1] [2] By 1922, World War I, Russian Revolution, and Civil War had resulted in the loss of at least 16 million lives within the Soviet Union's borders, and severed ...
Currently, RCWS is supporting over 40 students in the Pskov, Yaroslavl, Moscow, and Velikiy Novgorod regions of Russia. According to the Russian government statistics, 1 in 3 orphanage graduates will become homeless, 1 in 5 unemployed, 1 in 7 will commit a crime, and 1 in 10 will attempt suicide.
As many as 10,000 Russian orphans are returned to orphanages every year by frustrated adoptive parents, according to Lev Shlosberg, an opposition politician in the city of Pskov, the...
The siege of Pskov, known as the Pskov Defense in Russia (Russian: оборона Пскова), took place between August 1581 and February 1582, when the army of the Polish king and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stephen Báthory laid an unsuccessful siege and successful blockade of the city of Pskov during the final stage of the Livonian War of ...
Sep 10, 2015 · The Orphans of Mother Russia. An intimate look at the lives of children in the ancient city of Pskov. By Emily Anne Epstein. September 10, 2015. When looking at his images, it’s hard to tell if...
