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Poll results
1. Women and men in the Russian Federation have equal rights.
2. Husbands and wives should contribute equally to family finances.
3. Education is more important for boys than for girls.
4. When a woman says no to sex, sometimes she really means yes.
5. A woman needs to give birth in order to be completely fulfilled.
6. When there aren't enough jobs to go round, men should have priority.
7. In general, men make the best politicians.
8. Women in the developed world should demand more rights for women in
the developing nations.
Original text of these poll results (in Russian).
Further Reading
Gender, State and Society in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia (edited by Sarah Ashwin; Routledge, 2000)
The Man Question: Loves and Lives in Late 20th Century Russia (Anna Rotkirch; University of Helsinki, 2000)
Marriages in Russia: Couples During the Economic Transition (Dana Vannoy et al.; Praeger/Greenwood, 1999)
Post-Soviet Women: from the Baltic to Central Asia (edited by Mary Buckley; CUP, 1997)
Women's Voices in Russia Today (ed. Elina Haavio-Mannila and Anna Rotkirch; Dartmouth, 1996)
Dehexing Sex: Russian Womanhood During and After Glasnost (Helena Goscilo, UMP, 1996)
Women in Russia and Ukraine (edited by Rosalind Marsh; CUP, 1996)
Gender, Generation and Identity in Contemporary Russia book review (edited by Hilary Pilkington; Routledge, 1996)
No More Heroines? Russia, Women and the Market (Sue Bridger, Kathryn Pinnick, Rebecca Kay; Routledge, 1995)
Perestroika and Soviet Women (edited by Mary Buckley; CUP, 1992)
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(question/statement, followed by answers as % of respondents):
Agree: 55.4% Disagree: 39.6% Unsure: 5%
Agree: 87.1% Disagree: 10.5% Unsure: 2.4%
Agree: 22.6% Disagree: 75.4% Unsure: 2%
Agree: 47.4% Disagree: 17.5% Unsure: 35.1%
Agree: 71.2% Disagree: 21.1% Unsure: 7.8%
Agree: 56.3% Disagree: 38.3% Unsure: 5.4%
Agree: 49.4% Disagree: 41.2% Unsure: 9.4%
Agree: 59.1% Disagree: 17.3% Unsure: 23.6%
Life & Work
Links on this page lead to English-language resources.
Эти ссылки ведут к материалам на английском языке.
Loyal Wives, Virtuous Mothers
Women 2000: Russia [Acrobat PDF file, 122Kb]
One Day for Women
Women's day in Russia: showers of flowers
Three Views of Women's Day in Russia
Post-Soviet International Women's Day: From Mainstream to Margin
Give dyevs a chance
Women as Presented in the Russian Media
In Russia, make way for the new Italians
Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Concluding Observations on the Russian Federation, 1995
Women in the Labor Market in Russia
Neither Jobs Nor Justice: State Discrimination Against Women in Russia
Bye Bye Babushka: More Russian Women are Boss
"Harder for Women"
A Woman's Place is in... Protection
Working Women at War - Chechnya
Earthly Obstacles: Training of a Female Cosmonaut
Women in Russian Radio Astronomy [Acrobat PDF file, 82Kb]
First Woman Enters Russian Naval Academy
Wise Beyond their Pre-Teen Years
Women, the Police and the Humane Approach
Eastern European Women Battle for a Better Workplace
Economic Crisis Hurts Women and Families First
Dangerous Times
U.S. aid can translate into success for Russian women
Russian Women Enter the Export Market
Immigration humiliation
Traffickers' New Cargo: Naive Slavic Women
Sexual Trafficking from Russia
The World's Oldest Profession is Still Lucrative in Russia
Roadside Girls of Russia
Russian Cities Weigh Legalization of Prostitution
Legalization of Prostitution Would Legitimize Abuse
Teenage Prostitution in Vyborg
Random Russia Experiences - Feminism
From Russia, With Love
For Better or Worse, Russian Brides Not Boring
Growth of single mothers poses new set of problems
Sexual Harassment, Russian-Style
Sexual Harassment in Russian Workplaces
Close encounters of the Moscow kind
Too Little, Too Late: State Response to Violence Against Women in Russia
Cultural Roots of Domestic Violence
Violence Against Women in Russia Grows Worse
Families Under Siege: Domestic Violence on the Rise in Russia
Russia: Domestic Violence Persists
Domestic Abuse: Russia's Tragic, Hidden Secret
A Witch-hunt in Modern Russia
Women in the Reindeer Herding Communities of the Russian Far North
Bye-Bye Babushka
Russian Tough Times
Women prisoners suffer, report says
Female inmate numbers surge in Russia's decaying prisons
Women in Russia: what the research shows
Back to the Stove
Silent Sisterhood
Overview article on women in Russia past and present, by Katherine E. Young; from Russian Life magazine, March 1996.
The Russia section from a book by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights. Covers women's legal rights, education, employment, women and the family, reproductive rights, participation in politics and civil society, violence and abuse against women, homosexuality, women in prison, women and the Chechnya conflict.
An editorial in The Russia Journal on March 11, 2001 contrasts the attention women receive on March 8 with their experiences during the rest of the year.
The celebration and significance of March 8, International Women's Day, in contemporary Russia. It is still a public holiday, and an occasion to give women flowers. (Christian Science Monitor, March 8, 2001)
All from March 1999: a man shares his impressions in the Hindustan Times; Fred Weir gives the general background; and Andrei Zolotov reports on growing opposition to Women's Day celebrations from the Russian Orthodox Church.
A critical look at Women's Day celebrations in Moscow's straight and queer cultures, by Kevin Lamb. (from a student publication at the University of Texas, 1997)
An editorial in The Russia Journal on May 29, 2000 looks at the problems of Russian women and proposes some solutions.
By Nadezhda Azhgikhina, 1995: "Ordinary working women, who make up the majority of the
female population, and their lives and interests, are not adequately reflected
in Russian mass media today."
Catherine Merridale looks at fashion, lifestyle, and consumerism in Russia. (New Statesman, October 9, 2000)
Marina Lakhman considers some of the differences in outlook and lifestyle between young women in Russia and the U.S. "In America I am Russian. In Russia I am American. And as a woman I straddle the fence..."
from the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Paper by Elena Y. Meshcherkina in Moscow gives figures and trends as at 1998.
Full text of Human Rights Watch report from 1995: covers discrimination in the workplace, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
Some success stories of Russian women starting their own businesses. (Christian Science Monitor, February 19, 1998)
Yelena Vlasova, who runs her own dog training business, talks about being a woman in a man's world. (The Russia Journal, July 8, 2000)
Yelena Andreyeva has built up a successful network of security service firms, employing over 1,000 male security guards. (The Russia Journal, April 17, 2000)
Yevgenia is a successful journalist, who has been to Chechnya to investigate conditions for civilians during the war. She talks about her background, and about feminism. By Laura Bicker (Working Woman, May 5, 2000)
There have been three women cosmonauts; will there ever be a fourth? At least one courageous woman hopes so. (Space.com, January 26, 2001)
Reflections by two Russian radio astronomy women: Vera Izvekova and Svetlana Suleymanova. Comments on general attitudes to women in the sciences. Paper presented at a meeting on the status of women in astronomy, September 1992.
Lyudmila Yolshina: the first female naval cadet in Russian history. (St Petersburg Times, 1998)
Two gifted sisters, aged 12 and 13, become the youngest students to enter the Russian Government Financial Academy. (The Russia Journal, June 29, 1999)
Policewomen's conference in St Petersburg, March 1995.
Overview of the main challenges faced by working women in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. (Christian Science Monitor, August 8, 1997)
Looks at the impact of the August 1998 crisis. (The Russia Journal, March 8, 1999)
"economic collapse hits Russia's women hardest". Short article from Mother Jones online archive, 1995.
a faintly patronizing note runs through this article from the Lexington Herald-Leader, November 5, 1997, reporting on US-AID's program for women in Russia.
Some women make an informed choice to work abroad and send money home; this article focuses on Russian dancers in Egypt. (The Russia Journal, September 6, 1999)
Two men are arrested for bringing Russian women and girls to Alaska to work as strippers. (Salon, January 22, 2001)
how women from Ukraine, Russia and other parts of the former USSR are tricked into sex slavery abroad (New York Times, January 1998)
The Miramed Institute offers an introduction to the extent of the problem and the issues involved.
Examines the nature and extent of prostitution in Russia. (The Russia Journal, April 12, 1999)
Unemployment in rural Russia drives young women into prostitution (The Independent, August 1999)
New York Times, March 3, 1998
Donna Hughes from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women writes on the traffic for prostitution from East European countries.
A reports from the trade center on the Finnish border (St Petersburg Press, 1995)
This page archives an article from Moscow News about Russian women, femininity, feminism, and cross-cultural marriage; plus two responses to it from a Western woman and a Western man, debating the issues raised.
"The mail-order bride business is booming, but critics question what it delivers." A range of opinions is presented in this article by Julie Bailey (PopPolitics.com, June 2000)
Lyn Visson looks at Russian women and American men. (Moscow Times, June 17, 1998)
Survival strategies of single mothers in Russia. (IPS, March 6, 1995)
"It's hardly news to say that sexual harassment is a problem in Russia. In fact, it is so commonplace that it is hardly discussed, often accepted as the natural course of relations between men and women." (St Petersburg Times, March 9, 1999)
Some legal facts and figures from Dr Zoya Khotkina, April 1997.
Tatyana Matsuk gives some examples of everyday harassment. (The Russia Journal, December 2, 2000)
Full text of Human Rights Watch report from December 1997: a comparison of actual practice to Russia's obligations under international law.
article by Marina Pisklakova-Parker traces the history of men's attitudes and women's subordination in Russia. (Give and Take, Summer 2000)
article from the LA Times, December 6, 1997.
Conclusions of a parliamentary committee. (The Russia Journal, March 29, 1999)
A cross-section of opinions about causes and prevention. (RFE/RL, March 7, 2001)
"It is estimated that 60 percent of the women murdered in Russia every year are killed by their husbands. Domestic violence occurs in 25 percent of Russian families. Yet it is rarely discussed." - CNN report from March 1997.
In February 1997, one woman was killed and another injured in a southern Russian village, after some neighbors came to believe they were witches.
research report from Bulgaria, about women on the Kola Peninsula in Russia
Rebecca Feig's 1997 documentary: changes in Russia from the perspective of older women.
RealAudio. NPR broadcast about women in a Siberian town; May 24, 1998.
50,000 of Russia’s 920,000 prisoners are women. (The Russia Journal, March 11, 2001)
the Interior Ministry opens a women's labor camp to journalists. CNN, January 31, 1996.
Irina Glushchenko summarizes a report on varying conditions for women in Russia's regions. (Green Left Weekly, 1994)
Russia's Academy of Sciences finds out that unemployment hits female population hardest. Article by Tatiana Kliatchko; archived newspost on gen.women, November 1994.
A look at Soviet women's lives and views in the perestroika period. By Linda Feldmann (New Internationalist, December 1988)