Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov (Иван Иванович Иванов), a 25-year-old man from the northern Siberian region Irkutsk, has just completed his 5th divorce and says, [He's] looking forward to the 6th wedding, but [he] would not mind trying again with a 7th." His fluctuating marital status is particularly high, but such high marriage and divorce rates are by no means unique in northern Russia, where there is a severe shortage of men. The Gender Ratio of young men to women ages 35 and below has reached 85 men to 100 women. Combined with increasing rates of young adults who are uninterested in marriage, it is expected that millions of women will be unable to find a husband unless they migrate further south or out of the country entirely. Reports from the Russian News Agency TASS state that these ratios are exaggerated and a more accurate estimate of the ratio is closer to 98 men to 100 women, but several laws have already been passed in an attempt to bolster birt...
Speculating on the Future