Women’s issue and women’s movement in Russia in pre-revolutionary Russian historiography
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2024-1-133-140
Abstract
Aim. To identify and compare the assessments given to the women’s issue and women’s movement in Russia by domestic researchers of the second half of the 19th century – 1917.
Metodology. The analysis of historiographical sources, represented by scientific monographs, articles, reviews and surveys, is made in accordance with the principles of historicism and objectivity. The study applies a complex analysis and treats the women’s issue and the women’s movement as unique social phenomena, covering the historical features of their origin and evolution and the system of values.
Results. The article studies positions of domestic researchers on the main issues of history of the women’s issue and women’s movement in Russia – chronology, creation and evolution, the main historiographical and discussion problems.
Research implications. The article analyzes the main viewpoints of the leading Russian researchers, which can be used in the study of the historiography of social and political life of the Russian Empire of the second half of the 19th century – 1917.
About the Authors
K. K. LetovaRussian Federation
Ksenia K. Letova – Senior Lecturer, Department of Social and Humanitarian Disciplines
4th Magistralnaya ul. 5- 2, Moscow 123007
E. A. Kurenkova
Russian Federation
Evgeniya A. Kurenkova – Cand. Sci. (History), Assoc. Prof., Department of History of Russia
ul. Very Voloshinoi 24, Mytishchi 141014, Moscow Region
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