The Death of Ukraine

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BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

David Stern examines the causes and consequences of Ukraine’s other crisis – its demographic timebomb. The country’s population once stood at over 50 million but it has fallen sharply and some projections put it at only 32 million by 2050. Few if any countries have gone through such precipitous population loss. Will demography, rather than war, mean the death of Ukraine?

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0:10.0	slash podcasts.
0:16.0	I mean, she's going to show us a trick.
0:18.0	Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
0:20.0	Oh, that's one of the questions.
0:24.0	Right now, we're being treated to a show by...
0:28.0	the women of this group, which is really actually quite incredible.
0:32.0	The first woman set up two chairs and did a...
0:36.0	I guess you could call it a headstand between the two of them.
0:38.0	She's 70 years old.
0:40.0	Used to be in the army.
0:42.0	I'm David Stern, watching some amazing contortions in the little Ukrainian town
0:46.0	of Priluki, about an hour and a half from the capital.
0:50.0	In front of me is a group of about 20 women, various ages, but I'd say the majority of them are elderly.
1:00.0	And this is an exercise class that's conducted by the community center.
1:06.0	They do all sorts of different exercises, some of them physical, other ones respiratory.
1:12.0	They also work on their eyesight.
1:14.0	And apparently this takes place every day and is completely free,
1:18.0	provided by the community center.
1:22.0	It's a picture of health, vitality, and energy,
1:26.0	one that paints a bright future for Ukraine.
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