Rich Kazakhs revive polygamy as women seek poverty escape
04.12.2013
By Nariman Gizitdinov
A poll published last year by state-run news service Kazinform found 41 percent of Kazakhstan’s 17 million people favored decriminalizing polygamy.
Given the choice between love and money, Samal, a tall, curly-haired 23-year-old woman fr om a village in southern Kazakhstan, would take the cash.
The gulf between rich...