"Procreation Camp"

Posted over at Musings of a Pertinacious Papist:

With an eye on Russia’s dismally low birth-rate, a youth movement run by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin sponsored a “procreation camp” this past summer. Held 200 miles from Moscow, the two-week camp was reportedly attended by 10,000 uniformed youngsters. Following instructions in physical fitness and exercises, couples repaired — or should we say “paired off” — to a special part of dormitory tents arranged in the shape of a heart, which was called the “Love Oasis,” where they were encouraged to start “procreating for the motherland.” The camp culminated in a mass wedding of twenty-five couples, who were ready to make the “ultimate expression of devotion to the motherland” (The Daily Mail, July 29, 2007; quoted by Michael S. Rose in “The News You May Have Missed, New Oxford Review [October 2007], p. 37).

Read more at “Hitl … I mean Putin’s Youth (Nashi): Sex for the motherland: Russian youths encouraged to procreate at camp,” by Edward Lucas (The Postnational Monitor, July 29, 2007).

Consider also: Mother Russia now sees more abortions than babies born

Russian Abortion Killing and Sterilizing Millions; Demographic Collapse Likely to be Worse than Previously Predicted

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3 Responses to “"Procreation Camp"”

  1. antonia Says:
    November 24, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    unbelievable!

  2. A Simple Sinner Says:
    November 25, 2007 at 2:54 am

    One wonders if it wasn’t a 15 year old boy who dreamed up the camp’s main concept.

    Then again, the same 15yo boy would likely not include marriage as the finale of “Love Camp…”

  3. Rob The Fitness Guru Says:
    September 3, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Interesting, well worth reading.

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