WOMEN IN THE SOVIET UNION
WOMEN IN THE SOVIET UNION

Summary/Abstract: Women born in the 20th century were different from theirgrandmothers. Throughout the world women raised their voices, as they sought toprove to men and to themselves that they deserved equality with men in allaspects of life. The Soviet Union was Women born in the 20th century were different from theirgrandmothers. Throughout the world women raised their voices, as they sought toprove to men and to themselves that they deserved equality with men in allaspects of life. The Soviet Union was one of the first countries in the World toequate men and women in rights and provide the same opportunities for bothsexes. Yet it is to be mentioned that it was not done due to the humane ideals. TheUSSR saw women’s great potential in both production and expansion of thecommunist ideology. The legacy of the Soviet Epoque still lingers in the post-Sovietspace and Eastern Europe and in order to apprehend the essence of the existingproblems, a look back is required. This article tackles the gender issues anddifficulties of Soviet women as well as emphasizes the achievements and failure ofthe Era. In order to write the article, the author analyzed a vast number ofsecondary sources, visual arts of the epoque, used comparative method tocompare the difference in cultures and its implications for women of that specificculture on the Soviet territory as well as statistical data of nowadays, which isclosely tied to the results of the Soviet legacy .

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