But women played decisive and revolutionary roles even before the Russian Revolution. In seventeenth century England women were a powerful presence in what was known as the Midland Revolt .

THE centenary of the Russian Revolution has triggered a great deal of interest, not all of which is helpful or illuminating. However, one aspect of the two revolutions of 1917 which has been almost ...

The idea of civic equality for women, now implemented in Soviet Russia, was spread through society not by the heroic efforts of individual women with forceful personalities, not by the struggle of the ...

Still, Martin realizes that women, especially, are part of the “Mysterious Russian Soul….a deep spiritual sorrow…worth pursuing in itself. Beautiful, self-inflicted pain.” ...

This article is part of the CSIS executive education program Understanding the Russian Military Today.. From the all-women Death Battalion led by Maria Bochkareva in the Russian Revolution, to the ...

♪♪ -The Russian Revolution began in February 1917, ... We've got a really interesting memoir by Nikolai Sukhanov, who is very dismissive of women's involvement in the revolution.

The very distance and strangeness of the Russian revolution, its resistance to easy analogy, is what makes it an ideal subject for 2017, when we only vaguely remember that women and men in history ...

The Russian Revolution in a Rural Community. By Emma Ponafidine. July 1922 Issue. Share. Save. PEASANT MASTERS. ... Women who had never seen a train, and had hardly ever left their homes, ...