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Covers the history and politics of Russian women from the early years of the Soviet regime, through "glasnost" and into the post-Soviet era. The book examines economic and professional inequalities, the role of women in the work-place and the political arena and the history of feminism in Russian.

About the Author

Anastasia Posadskaya is the Director of the Moscow Centre for Gender Studies in the Russian Academy of Sciences. Kate Clark was a journalist in Moscow for several years before joining the BBC World Service as Deputy Features Editor in the Russian Service.