What are Russian family values?

Answer 1

Traditionally, Russian families are very large, and not necessarily just in the number of children that a husband and wife have. Typically families are very extended, all the way to aunt, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews. The predominant trend in Russian culture has been to get married very early, usually between eighteen and twenty, the newly weds getting support from their families while they finished up their schooling. Currently there is a trend of waiting to get married, and age gaps between husband and wife are becoming much more common. Divorce is culturally accepted, and the father is required to provide financial support for each of his children until they turn eighteen years of age.