Women in Russia 17002000 (Advance Praise for Women in Russia 1700-2000)

About this book

This narrative of womens experiences from the seventeenth century to the present evokes the voices of individuals to enhance Barbara Alpern Engels account of how women of various social strata were affected by and in turn affected historical change. The studys use of the female perspective provides an original way of interpreting Russias past and important insights into the impact of gender on the ways that Russians defined themselves and others as well as political change.