text: about how many orphans are there in russia?   number of orphans in russia has nearly doubled in recent years. in 1994 there were recorded 496,300 of these children as compared to 867,800 as of 1 january 2003. along with this, only approximately 10% of this overall number of children without parental support became orphans as a result of the death or disablement of the parents; the rest are social orphans.