In 1990-1994 Russia went through a serious socio-economic crisis which in the main indices of diminished production and living standards was worse than the deepest crisis of the capitalist economy of 1929-1933. In that period the Russian economy registered a drop in overall production by more than 1.5 times of what it had been; industrial output decreased almost by 2.5 times; agricultural production - 1.3 times, capital investment - three times, and per capita real incomes - 1.3 times. The death rate had grown considerably, and the birth rate had fallen; for the first time the country's population began to decrease. The average expectation of life, especially among the male population, had gone down.
In 1990-1994 Russia went through a serious socio-economic crisis which in the main indices of diminished production and living standards was worse than the deepest crisis of the capitalist economy of 1929-1933. In that period the Russian economy registered a drop in overall production by more than 1.5 times of what it had been; industrial output decreased almost by 2.5 times; agricultural production - 1.3 times, capital investment - three times, and per capita real incomes - 1.3 times. The death rate had grown considerably, and the birth rate had fallen; for the first time the country's population began to decrease. The average expectation of life, especially among the male population, had gone down.
