According to Russian law, older women retire several years earlier than men. Some citizens disagree with this, believing that the retirement age should be the same for everyone.
Preconditions for establishing retirement age
The right to retire to women aged 55 and men aged 60 was established in the USSR in 1932. Since then, the retirement age has not changed. This age difference is not accidental. The prerequisites for this arose in Germany at the end of the First World War. In those days, marriages in this country were most often between men and women, whose age difference was just 5 years. In this regard, retirement was convenient for both of them, as it took place at the same time, and the man did not have to wait for the spouse to finish working for several more years.
This practice of reaching retirement age has spread to other European countries, including the USSR. Nevertheless, over time, the age difference between husband and wife has gradually changed and can be completely different at present, including both its complete absence and the “superiority” towards women, some of whom are older than their spouses.
