Children as a resource. Why mass adoptions help small villages survive
The real income of Russians has been falling for the fifth year in a row, and for people in small settlements, social benefits can be critical for survival. At the same time, small schools are regularly closed in Russia. In such conditions, mass adoptions help to survive villages. In 2018, residents of the village of Khotochchu Yakutia developed a way of salvation of a local school, which the authorities wanted to close as small.