ORPHANAGES

ORPHANAGES, educational institutions for orphans and children deprived of parental care. They specialize in providing emergency assistance to children, who find themselves in a hardship. In 2001, in the RB, there were 11 O., in 2006 — 35 O. (the maximum number in the RF), including 9 O. — in cities, in 2009 — 29 O., in 2018 — 17 O.