47 facts about Russian women
1. The female population of Russia, according to the latest All-Russian census, prevails over the male population by 10.5 million.
2. 70% of officials at all levels in Russia are women.
3. There are many women in law enforcement agencies. For example there are 4 women in courts and the procurator's offices out of 5 employees.
4. Driving a car is no longer a male prerogative: every fourth car in Russia is driven by a woman.
5. In Russia mostly women work in education, healthcare and social services.
6. Another industry where Russian women are in the majority is trade.
7. Every ninth crime is committed by a woman in Russia.
8. Only 4% of robberies and hooliganism of the total number of crimes in Russia of carried out by the participation of women.
9. The most common female name in Russia is Anastasia.
10. Raisa Gorbachev was the first among the wives of the leaders of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the USSR to openly helped her husband and participated in protocol events.
11. Among those who came to Red Square to protest against the entry of troops into Prague (1968) were Russian (Soviet) women.
12. Natalya Solzhenitsyn supported her famous husband in all days of exile, as well as later, upon returning home, gave birth to three sons. Later was engaged in systematization of the huge archive of her husband.
13. Russian women are almost employed in all areas. In Russia, women can be captains, astronauts, army generals, heavy truck drivers, and even blacksmiths.
14. In Russia vacancies for women, especially those of childbearing age, are much more difficult to fill than for men of the same age. But at the pre-retirement age, the situation is leveled out: it is difficult to get a job for both men and women
15. Russian women earn about 20 per cent less for the same amount of work than men. However, the average female employee's salary in Russia is just over half of that of a male employee, or more precisely, 65 per cent of that of a male employee
16. Famous Yakut diamonds were found by a Russian woman geologist Larisa Popugaeva. She is well remembered and respected in Yakutia.
17. The first woman-cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, after many years, admitted that the flight took place in extreme conditions and was very different from the planned one. Almost miraculously, our Spaceship managed to return to Earth. Details were kept secret at the request of Sergey Korolev himself. Tereshkova kept her word and never told anyone about it.
18. Russian women are much more likely than men to drop out of driving school.
19. Of all the maneuvers that a driver is required to perform, Russian women have the hardest time parking.
20. The majority of Russian women would prefer not to read the instructions on manuals for household appliances, but to retell the instructions of a competent person.
21. Russian women live on average 12-16 years longer than men
22. It is much harder to get married for beautiful women in Russia.
23. Russian wives are much more likely than husbands to file for divorce, but afterwards they often regret this step and have a hard time when their ex-husbands get married again.
24. Most Russian women state that the main reasons that led to divorce, which are infidelity and alcoholism of their husbands.
25. Divorced Russian women are three times less likely to marry again than divorced men.
26. After 70 years of age, there is only one man for every three women Russia.
27. Girls' families of North Caucasus in Russia, with the exception of Dagestan, never communicate with their daughter's husband's family and are not even invited to the wedding.
28. In Russia, the mother-in-law is a character of folklore, an "active member" of the newlyweds' family.
29. If you ask Russian women to name and list the 5 most important things in their lives, almost all of them will include love in this list.
30. Russian women are much more likely to seek help from occult services, psychics, fortune-tellers, etc.
31. Russian women love to receive emails and messages. They also love writing them.
32. Russian women often resort to tears as a last and most striking argument.
33. An elderly Russian woman, looking at photos of her youth, notices that before she was young and beautiful, but now she is only beautiful.
34. Young Russian girls in miniskirts and high heels submit documents to the metallurgy department at universities with the aim of finding a future husband there.
35. Russian women are often driven by emotion. Subsequently, most people admit that they were guided by impulses, not common sense.
36. The best gift for a Russian woman is flowers.
37. Russian women are more enduring than men, when it comes to everyday life, they can do several things at once and with high quality.
38. Despite of the wrong belief that they are cold … Russian women are very sentimental.
39. Most Russian women love glossy magazines because of the ghostly opportunity to touch bohemian and glamorous life.
40. Books with the largest circulation in Russia belong to women writers.
41. Marina Ladynina, Elina Bystritskaya, Olga Aroseva, Tamara Makarova, Galina Ulanova, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Natalia Gundareva, Vera Vasilieva, Lidia Smirnova, Lyubov Orlova, Faina Ranevskaya, Maya Plisetskaya, Lyudmila Chursina, Tatyana Doronina, Lyudmila Zykina, Alexandra Pakhmutova, Zhanna Bolotova, Inna Ulyanova, Liya Akhedzhakova, Tatyana Lioznova, Tamara Semina, Ekaterina Maximova, Tatyana Shmyga, Irina Rozanova, Alexandra Marinina, Irina Pechernikova, Tatyana Golikova, Rimma Markova, Maya Kristalinskaya, Lubov Sliska, Angelina Vovk, Elena Tsyplakova, Laima Vaikule, Aziza, Anastasia Voznesenskaya, Klara Rumyanova, Bella Akhmadullina, Ksenia Strizh, Larisa Rubalskaya. Maria Bieshu and Elena Koreneva … All these women preferred motherhood to art, literature, journalism and politics.
42. Russian women consider in sports as beauty and grace. That's why there are so many Russian girls involved in figure skating, rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming and only few like weightlifting, wrestling and boxing.
43. Maya Usova, a famous Russian figure skater, former ice dancer and Olympic medalist admitted that the decision to give up motherhood for the sake of training and competition was a mistake, which she greatly regrets.
44. Russian Olympic gymnastics champion Alina Kabaeva, has raised the interest in rhythmic gymnastics to unprecedented heights not only in Russia, but also in the world.
45. Most Russian women love outfits, especially spectacular.
46. A real, stylish Russian woman understands that the success of her appearance by 70% depends on the right shoes.
47. A Russian woman who is a shopaholic will never admit that fact. She will simply say: "I am a woman".