TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA

At the present stage of social transformation led to the crisis of marriage and family relations, mani- fested in the destruction of the moral foundations of the family, the loss of vital family and marriage values. The- se trends are one of the reasons for the depopulation of the Russian population. Trends marriage modern Russia manifested in the growing number of informal marriages, mass refusal of marriage, changing the boundaries of marriageable age. The article presents the results of a survey of residents UFD, conducted by the author in 2012, as well as a sample survey of reproductive plans of Russians conducted by the Federal State Statistics Service in 30 regions of Russia in 2012, reflecting the devaluation of the values of marriage and family