You see a serious dip around late 30s to early 40s which explains combat deaths

It's the Ukrainian Soviet consensus, it translates "Sexual - age pyramid of the population of Ukraine in 1959"

Thank you

14 years after the war

And then a solid boom around the early 20s explaining the Soviet equivalent of the baby boomers

ya

I'm not sure what this really adds

The pyramid shape means that there were high birth rates, bit short life expectancy (where the child mortalities could be explained) and slow growth rates

the life expectancy was like 30 in the Russian Empire

this is actually a pretty big improvement

@Jacob That's usually skewed by the infant mortality rate. In Ancient Rome, people who survived past the age of 10 would live to 60 or so.

that's a good point

infant mortality rates were extremely high back then

https://youtu.be/B9KVMKp5JcM lol

It should also be noted that this is a great example of a, "youth bulge." Youth bulges happen specifically when there is extreme political instability, or catastrophic events.

Youth bulges happen primarily during great deaths such as the depression, Arab spring events, or recessions.
Something worth noting is the question of why the USSR didn't just move the Ukrainians to a different location, had they know their food supply was running dry.

well

because then you'd have a massive influx of people in the other location

which would take up the food supply

Why not just lend food from neighboring States? Seems easier

because then the neighboring states wouldn't have enough food

Darn, that is true

Hit or miss, I guess they never miss huh

Here is a good primary source document of a first hand account during that time in Ukraine. From the U.S commission investigation of the Ukrainian starvation incident. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d00831044s;view=1up;seq=265;skin=mobile

Here is the original document source for investigation here if you want it https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002468069

Now what is interesting is that in the written accounts of what the Kulaks said, is that their land were stripped from them, and they were forcefully sent away from their land. Ukraine's only food source, pretty much, was forced away.

My point is that Ukrainians and Russians both suffered from bad policies. The narrative that Ukrainians were targeted specifically is something that's made up to antagonize Russians.

Think about it logically, Sam. These same policies prioritize short term growth and economic spending but will lead to income inequality and our industry being sent south... an Easterling will do the same work as you but for far cheaper... free trade isn’t fair trade Sam... and you think the massive excursions into the Witch King’s realm pay for themselves? As if... we are looking at tremendous debt speculation, a large chunk of which is owned by elves... your children will face many financial hardships

I wonder if there's a Sambo Baggins

Like a hybrid of Bilbo and Sam

Only...lower IQ

@Papa Pizzagate delete this

Leave Tolkien out of this

TurningPointShire

Stop

https://youtu.be/LWdNNuuBb7w

@Aaron O'regan Beautiful, it really is something worth fighting for

I’m firmly against student loan forgiveness. University should only be for people who are aiming to become lawyers, doctors, or engineers, or for upper class people who can afford the luxury of studying as an adult. Most certainly, not for people who take out 100k in debt so they can get their BA for a goofy office job all so they could avoid getting a real skill which involves dirty hands. These people don’t know thei place and they do not deserve forgiveness for their foolery. /endrant

I have an engineering degree and seethe when hearing someone complain about being unemployed with 100k in debt because of their dance theory degree.

And how life is so unfair and that they shouldn’t have to pay their loans because they don’t have a job.

@⚡Clark⚡ I'm not, is it really just, fair or a good idea to have a large underclass of people saddled with a 100k in debt because of potential mistake they made while under pressure from their highschool/parents?

Not to mention they'll be much more drawn to extremism and revolutionary politics as a result.

Yes the system is equally to blame indeed