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Russia

Social Institutions Research Project

By: Benjamin Lau, Colin Hemond, Arik Tai, andDaniel Wong


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Overview of Russia


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Russian Norms and Values

Values Norms

- Families are very highly valued. - Children continue to live withtheir parents into adulthood.

- Religion is respected, but notvalued highly in all homes.

- Most Russians believe in theOrthodox Church, but only 20%

practice it

- Strict and unforgiving towardssoldiers.

- Soldiers are put through brutaltraining regiments and oftenreceive harsh punishments.


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Family Life in RussiaRussia's population was estimated at143,393,000 in 1999.

78% of the population lives in the areabetween the Ukraine-Belarus border and the

Ural Mountains

Romantic love is the only acceptable motivationfor marriage

97% of adults marry by age of forty. Theaverage age at marriage is 23.

Half of all marriages end in divorce.

Domestic units tend to be multigenerational.

Many couples with children live with a widowedparent of one of the spouses (usuallygrandmother)

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Colin


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Family Life- Relating to

Values and Norms

Russia

Value: In Russia, family is highly valued, though

most families try to become independent but areunable to do so.

Norm: Russian families are closer because of thelack of housing and high cost of new homespeople live with their parents into adulthood.

CanadaValue: In Canada we value families very highly,but we value independence from others more.

Norm: In Canada we avoid living with anyoneoutside our immediate family (husband,wife,kids)

http://www.russian-victories.ru/russian_family_three_generations.jpg

Colin


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Relating Familiy

Norms/Values to Canada- Multigenerational families

could probably work forcertain people.

- Canadas population is verymulticultural and certaincultures would shun the ideaof multigenerational familieswhile others would accept it.

- In fact there are manymultigenerational families inCanada today.

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Colin


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Religion in Russia- Religion was suppressed bythe Communist Government,but since the late 1980s, it hasbeen making a comeback.

- The official religion is theRussian Orthodox Church,which is practiced by 20% of

the population.- Other religions practicedinclude Islam, Buddhism, andother denominations ofChristianity.

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Ben


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Religion- Relating to

Values and NormsRussia: Religion is respected, butnot always valued in Russian homes.Between 50-70% of Russians believe

in the Russian Orthodox Church,although only 20% practice it, so thereligious norm varies.

Canada: All cultures and religionsare valued and seen as important inmaking Canada a diverse andmulticultural Country.

http://www.russian-victories.ru/inside_russian_orthodox_church.jpg

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Ben


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Religion- Relating to

Values and NormsRussia: The four main religions areChristianity (includes RussianOrthodox Church), Islam, Buddhism,

and Judaism. However, Islam andBuddhism are mainly practiced incertain areas of Russia.

Canada: Cities across Canada area blend of different cultures andreligions. There is no area or

region that is dominated by onereligion.

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Ben


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Relating Religious

Norms/Values to Canada

- A religious system dominated by afew religions and beliefs would not

be well accepted in Canada.- Canada greatly values andwelcomes a diverse culture and thereligions of all people.

- It would be impossible to have acity or province that has one mainreligion as people of all religions liveeverywhere in Canada.

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Ben


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Military in Russia

-The Russian military has a

long and illustrious history;much longer then that ofCanada.

- This is due to the fact thatthe slavic people of Russia

have had various militaryforces for thousands of years.

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Arik


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Military- Relating to

Values and Norms-The Russian Military is known for its brutal and unforgivingculture. During World War 2 the Red Army fought a war of attritionwith Nazi Germany. To keep the untrained and underequipped

soldiers from running away commissars were employed to usebrutal means such as summery execution to maintain order.

- During the Cold War era Russian special forces employed harshtraining regimens that led to the death of a number of soldiers.

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Arik


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Relating Military Norms/Values to

Canada- The Canadian Military hasemployed various tactics, andalthough some commanders(especially during World War 1)have used attritionist tactics,the wellbeing of the troops hasalways been a concern in theCanadian Military. Russian

tactics would not work in theCanadian Military as many ofthe basic human rights that ourcountry grants us would beviolated.

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Arik


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Government Overview- Members consist of prime minister,

deputy prime ministers, andfederal ministers.

- Russian council of members becamethe chief executive body after thefall of the Soviet Union.

- Prime minister appointed bypresident of the Russian

Federation.- Government acts in the way of

decisions.

Daniel


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Government ComparisonRussia

- Prime minister, deputy primeministers, federal ministers.

- Government duties split between17 ministries, 7 federal services,30 government agencies.

Canada

- Federation of Canada is

administered by a commonauthority.

- The crown is the foundation ofexecutive, legislative, judicialbranches.

- Constitutional monarchy.

Daniel


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Conclusion


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