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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462448303321

Autore

Clements Barbara Evans <1945->

Titolo

A history of women in Russia [[electronic resource] ] : from earliest times to the present / / Barbara Evans Clements

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-69643-5

9786613673398

0-253-00104-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

305.40947

Soggetti

Women - Russia (Federation) - History

Women - Russia - History

Women - Soviet Union - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A sketch of the historiography -- The women of the Rus, 900-1462 -- The age of the Domostroi, 1462-1695 -- Empresses and serfs, 1695-1855 -- Industrialization and urbanization, 1855-1914 -- Activist women and revolutionary change, 1890-1930 -- Toil, terror, and triumphs, 1930-53 -- Making better lives, 1953-91 -- Gains and losses, 1991-2010.

Sommario/riassunto

Synthesizing several decades of scholarship by historians East and West, Barbara Evans Clements traces the major developments in the history of women in Russia and their impact on the history of the nation. Sketching lived experiences across the centuries, she demonstrates the key roles that women played in shaping Russia's political, economic, social, and cultural development for over a millennium. The story Clements tells is one of hardship and endurance, but also one of achievement by women who, for example, promoted the conversion to Christianity, governed estates, created great art, re