Gender Politcs of the Early Soviet Union
Abstract
Over the centuries, many women have fought for women's emancipation and their social and political changes. Work for women's emancipation was initially an important part of Bolshevik ideology, so the Great Russian Revolution of 1917 brought new hopes and expectations for women. The Soviet Union was the first country wich successfully open the door to new economic and educational opportunities for long-marginalized women. The gender policy developed and implemented by Vladimir Lenin, which brought widespread rights to women, changed significantly after his death. It was during the rule of the new leader of the Soviet government that the model of "new type of woman" was created and formed.
The purpose of this article is to research the role of women in the period of the early Bolshevik Soviet state and study the legal and political changes that took place. The paper will try to explain what was actually the main goal of Soviet gender policy, whether it changed the status of women, and what socialism ultimately brought to Soviet women.
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