Social problems

Question 1

divorce

Answer 1

WWII had killed disproportionate number of young men which led to generation growing up without father the figure in the home - the lack of good role models for young men was possibly one of the causes of high rate of divorce in the Soviet union - in 1979. The divorce rate was 340 for every 1000 marriages

Question 2

alcoholism

Answer 2

• alcoholism, specially, among men was serious problem - between 1940 and 1980 when Soviet population grew by 25%, alcohol consumption increased by 600% - there were an estimated 20 million alcoholics in the USSR in 1987