Did you know that according to GALLUP World Poll, conducted in 2019, approximately 44% of Russian women before 30 years old would prefer to move permanently to another country. 65% of them want to find a husband abroad. That is an impressive number!
Very similar situation is in other Eastern European countries like Ukraine and Belarus. Let’s try to find the main reasons why slavic women are looking for a husband abroad.
1. Russian Women vs Russian Men Ratio
Let’s start with obvious and indisputable facts. Just take a look at demographic situation in Russia:
source: Wikipedia
An average Russian man lives 10 years less than a Russian woman. Also, the total sex ratio is 0.86 male / 1 female (0.87 Belarus and 0.85 Ukraine). Clearly, there are much more women than men in these Slavic countries.
Due to various demographic reasons plenty of females in this region cannot find a man locally. Therefore, they are forced to look for options abroad.
2. First Marriage Ratio & Divorces in Russia / Ukraine / Belarus
One more important demographic fact is that these 3 countries have the smallest age of the first marriage (about 27 for guys and 25 for girls) in Europe. Just take a look at the stats:
source: Wikipedia
It means that statistically if you are a Russian woman over 30, your chances to find a “never married” soulmate is quite low.
On the other hand just check the divorce stats in the world:
source: Wikipedia
It is highly predictable that Eastern European countries have a very bad divorce crude rate. So, at the end of the day we have another portion of disappointed Russian women. And surely some of them will start looking for foreign men.
3. Financial Situation in Eastern Europe
Did you know that average salary in Ukraine is $301 (according to 2018 Ukrainian Treasury report). So, it’s about $10/day. It’s really hard to imagine how one can survive with such an income.
Moreover, there is an economical disproportion. Men earn slightly more than women. Therefore, female workers are financially insecure. But even though men earn a bit more, they still cannot provide their families with necessary things like home, food, holidays abroad, etc.
No matter how regrettable it sounds, women in Slavic countries have no choice as to look for someone financially secured. And of course, men from the Western Europe and the USA can provide this.
4. Social Situation
One more egregious fact is that Eastern Europe is traditionally patriarchal region. It means that even though a constitution guarantees equal rights for male and female citizens, in real life men have much more rights and opportunities.
In Russia, Belarus and Ukraine men own businesses, become political and social leaders, hold important positions in companies and organizations. This causes prejudices that women play a secondary role in society.
Quite a popular expression there is:
“Hey, woman, your place is in the kitchen”.
Or another popular one :
“Don’t be a woman”.
When you want to offend a slavic man, feel free to use it. Hence, it’s absolutely difficult for those ladies that want a bit freedom and self-realization.
5. Law and Domestic Violence
Did you know that as of 2017 a domestic violence is no longer a crime in Russia? It’s not a joke. It may sound like a medieval wildness, but when a husband hits his wife at home, it is not even considered as a violence.
Moreover, a Russian legal practice shows that Police doesn’t even want to accept lawsuits from wives against their husbands. It began to grow into beating children as well. And even if for some reason police accepts the claim and decides that a man is guilty, he gets only a minimal fine. And then Russian women continue suffering.
Obviously, not all Russian men behave like that. But the law allows this opportunity. And that is one more reason why Slavic girls prefer men from abroad. They register at online dating sites, like TenderBride or search in Social Media.
6. Cannot Find a Husband Locally
Some Russian women simply cannot find a husband locally. There are different reasons why local men are not suitable:
- Strong alcohol consumption. According to WHO (World Health Organization) Russia and Ukraine are in top 5 European countries by consuming drinks with high spirits volume. Hence, the alcoholism is very big problem, especially among the men.
- Inability to support a family. Unfortunately, due to various reasons (including financial and mental) some slavic men cannot afford a family. Thus, they are not even trying to find serious relationships.
- Divorce experience. We already mentioned that due to early marriages and high divorce rate some Russian men are simply afraid of getting married again soon.
7. Serious Attitude towards Marriage
Plenty of girls from the Eastern Europe are raised in quite a traditional families with classical life values. So, they are looking for strong and serious relationships. Typical Ukrainian or Russian woman doesn’t think much about personal career. She thinks more about her present and future family members.
And they find this in foreigners, that are ready to provide this. Slavic women require a very specific approach though.
8. Russian Women Worked Abroad
There are various of organizations in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine that help them to find a job abroad. And significant amount of people have an experience of working and living abroad. Each Ukrainian have either a family member or a friend that used to work and live in Europe or the USA.
And as a result those women that worked abroad, have an experience of communicating with American and European men. Some of them stay in that countries. Others, that return back home, stop looking internally and try to find a soulmate in other countries.
9. Interest from the West and Dating Sites
An additional catalyst is that plenty of American men look for a wife from the other country. Interesting that every 5th family in the USA has either a husband or a wife born not in North America.
Moreover, there are plenty of free online dating sites that facilitate international communication. Some of them, like VictoriyaClub focuses specifically on connecting men from the USA / Europe with Slavic women.
10. Climate
And the last but not the least is climate. Did you know that in January 2019 the temperature in Siberia fell down to -53°C (-63°F)?
Unfortunately plenty of people in Russia have to leave their native land due to health problems, weather inconveniences, etc.
Another problem is that there is a polar night in some Russian regions. It’s when you don’t see a sun during 6 months in a row. Not only people are morally depressed. They also have problems with health related to lack of vitamins.
Wrap Up
As we can see, there are plenty of reasons why women from Slavic countries look for a husband abroad. And vice versa, men from the USA and Europe find in these women those qualities that they cannot find locally. Thanks to modern trends and globalization process this is definitely possible.
Also, check the article: TOP-10 Russian Dating Sites in 2021.