Childhood held a special place in Soviet society: seen as the key to a better future, children were imagined as the only privileged class.
That is why the rapid emergence in post-Soviet Russia of the vast numbers of Social orphansA" or children left without parental care,A" children who have living relatives but grow up in Residential care....
Childhood held a special place in Soviet society: seen as the key to a better future, children were imagined as the only privileged class