Women in Russia have a rich and varied history during numerous regimes throughout the centuries. Since Russian society is multicultural, the experiences of women in Russia vary significantly across ethnic, religious, and social lines.

2020年12月17日 · Now, Russian women face the pressure of “traditional values” and must deal with an array of challenges, from medical risks (increased maternal and perinatal mortality rates in remote areas, the wider use of C-sections, reduced access to medical abortion) to human rights problems (violation of pregnant inmates’ rights) and poverty (huge ...

According to the 1897 census, there were 32.1 million (49 percent) men and 33.8 million (51 percent) women in Russia, and since then the gap has only widened. From 1959 to 1971 Russia was...

2022年1月21日 · Over the next 70 years in the Soviet Union (1922-1991), women found themselves with greater opportunities for autonomy and independence. Yet while Soviet doctrine promoted equality, this was not always the reality. So, …

2015年9月1日 · Most Russians do not know how women achieved their right to vote. School textbooks say that Russian women obtained suffrage in the USSR in 1917. Thus it seems that women were given the...

Aristocratic women, Marxist revolutionaries and Soviet dissidents—the face of Russian feminism has changed a lot over time. Here’s the story of how several different generations of Russian...

Russia's women's movement originated in the 19th century and gained force in the early 1900s, spearheaded by female educators, doctors, and activists. They championed educational, legal, and economic equality and sought to improve daily life for working-class women.

In Russia, feminism originated in the 18th century, influenced by the Age of Enlightenment in Western Europe and mostly confined to the aristocracy. Throughout the 19th century, the idea of feminism remained closely tied to revolutionary politics and to social reform.

When the women's movement revived in the West in the late 1960s, it sparked a resurgence of interest in women in Russia and the Soviet Union. There was a rich and illuminating vein of "contribution" history to be mined. During the nineteenth century, women were both more numerous and more prominent in Russian movements for social and political ...

Peter I, known to history as Peter the Great, believed that he had to change elite women in order to transform Muscovy into a modern, powerful Russian Empire. He began by ordering them to put away their heavy kaftans and veils and order dresses of German design.