Melanie Ilic is Professor of Soviet History at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

• Introduction  1. Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva (b. 1927)  2. Galina Petrovna Kosterina (b. 1928)  3. Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei (b. 1929)  4. Renita Andreevna Grigoreva (b. 1931)  5. Irina Fedorovna Vainstein (b. 1932)  6. Irina Mikhailovna Kulikova (b. 1932)  7. Ol’ga Andreevna Kuchkina (b. 1936)  8. Irina M. (b. 1944)

Melanie Ilic is Professor of Soviet History at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

• Introduction  1. Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva (b. 1927)  2. Galina Petrovna Kosterina (b. 1928)  3. Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei (b. 1929)  4. Renita Andreevna Grigoreva (b. 1931)  5. Irina Fedorovna Vainstein (b. 1932)  6. Irina Mikhailovna Kulikova (b. 1932)  7. Ol’ga Andreevna Kuchkina (b. 1936)  8. Irina M. (b. 1944)

Melanie Ilic is Professor of Soviet History at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

• Introduction  1. Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva (b. 1927)  2. Galina Petrovna Kosterina (b. 1928)  3. Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei (b. 1929)  4. Renita Andreevna Grigoreva (b. 1931)  5. Irina Fedorovna Vainstein (b. 1932)  6. Irina Mikhailovna Kulikova (b. 1932)  7. Ol’ga Andreevna Kuchkina (b. 1936)  8. Irina M. (b. 1944)