WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the early time of his reign, Soviet Women enjoyed protections against discrimination at workplaces with the help of the zhenotdel, a department established to secure equal rights for women (Stites, 1976) .

Detailed explanation-2: -Women in Stalinist Russia were treated slightly differently than those under a different president. Women were given lower level jobs in some cases to encourage them to stay home and have more children. This is very clear in the chapter devoted to family values and how they affected the woman in the household.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Constitution of the USSR guaranteed equality for women-“Women in the USSR are accorded equal rights with men in all spheres of economic, state, cultural, social, and political life.” (Article 122). During the 70 years of the Soviet era, women’s roles were complex.

Detailed explanation-4: -All-Russian Union for Women’s Equality (Russian: ) was a liberal feminist organisation formed in the Russian Empire during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The Union demanded equal political, particularly voting, rights to women.

Detailed explanation-5: -Though disbanded by the Bolsheviks after the October 1917 Revolution, the movement was a powerful social and political force during the tsarist era. One testament to its influence was the March 1917 law, passed by the Provisional Government, that made Russia the second nation in the world to grant women the vote.

Detailed explanation-6: -In practice, Russian women saw massive gains in their rights under Communism. Women’s suffrage was granted. Abortion was legalized in 1920, making the Soviet Union the first country to do so; however, it was banned again between 1936 and 1955. In 1922, marital rape was made illegal in the Soviet Union.