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Per Wikipedia, Russia has about 4 million more in the 15-64 demographic. 48m men and 52m women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Russia

This article seems to have a little more background on why. Wars and alcohol are harder on men than women. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/14/why-the-form...

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I’ve read quite a few Chinese articles about a trend of Chinese expats working in Siberia marrying with local Russian women. I don’t know how accurate they are so I won’t post them here. It was interesting read though.

I personally know some Turkish people who’ve been in Siberia for years and what they say is the same as yours.

In Russia, men have a higher tendency to die in late middle age due to alcoholism and work-related fatalities. The difference in the "15-64 demographic" is really only visible starting at age 50. In the 20-30 range, there is no real difference.

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