RUSSIAN WOMEN IN PUBLIC: FROM ORGANIZED ACTIVISM THROUGH DEMOCRATIC EUPHORIA TO THE STRATEGY OF SMALL DEEDS

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the forms of organized women‟s activism in Russia from its origins until the present day. This includes definitions of different types of women‟s organizations, their role in women‟s socialization in Russia, the dynamics of their development, as well as an analysis of the influence of the Western women‟s movement on the origins of women‟s NGOs. Special attention is also given to the new forms of women‟s organizations in modern Russia, their goals, and their working strategies.

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E. I. Yakushkina

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  • EP ID EP239088
  • DOI 10.18413/2312-3044-2014-1-2-167-174
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E. I. Yakushkina (2014). RUSSIAN WOMEN IN PUBLIC: FROM ORGANIZED ACTIVISM THROUGH DEMOCRATIC EUPHORIA TO THE STRATEGY OF SMALL DEEDS. Tractus aevorum: эволюция социокультурных и политических пространств, 1(2), 167-174. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-239088