Inside Russia's Massive Gender Gap Crisis

Russian women are expected to be perfect—elegant, capable, and endlessly resilient. But what happens when the men around them are emotionally absent, damaged by history, and silently crumbling? In this deeply personal and historically grounded video, Elvira Bary—writer and former Soviet citizen—uncovers the roots of Russia’s hidden gender crisis. From peasant marriages to Gulag trauma to modern beauty pressures and male fragility, she reveals how war, repression, and propaganda shaped love, family, and identity. If you want to understand what’s really going on beneath Russia’s polished surface, this one’s unmissable.