More polygamists in Moscow than in Ingushetia, Chechnya and Stavropol Territory together
Read on the website Vestnik KavkazaThe head of Rosstat, Alexander Surinov, has presented in Makhachkala
the results of the population census in the North Caucasus, "Rossiyskaya
Gazeta" reports.
According to the newspaper, there are only 1616 polygamist marriages:
30 in Ingushetia, 75 in Chechnya, and 6 in Stavropol Territory.
Most polygamists live, oddly enough, in Moscow (732) and St.
Petersburg (382).
The youngest population of Russia lives in Chechnya, Ingushetia and
Dagestan. The average age of the population in these republics is
respectively, 24.1, 25.1 and 27.3 years. For comparison, the average
age in Russia is 38.