Rural Women in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia - Denisova, Liubov (Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Russia)

This is the first full-length history of Russian peasant women in the twentieth century in English, and tells the story of all rural women - from ordinary farm girls to agrarian professionals to prostitutes. It offers a comprehensive overview of employment patterns; marriages, divorces and family life; issues with health and raising children; and official regulations concerning rural women.