M. Ilic - Böcker

This study examines changes in official Soviet policy towards the labour protection of women workers between 1917 and 1941. Important legislative enactments are analyzed. In the 1920s emphasis was placed on the "protection" of female labour by the agencies responsible for regulating women's role in industrial production. With the mass recruitment of women workers to the Soviet industrialization drive by the early 1930s, labour protection issues were often ignored as women were encouraged to play a more "equal" role in the production process.

Exploring diverse subjects including housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and consumption, the volume places the analysis of specific events or issues within a broader discussion of economic, political, ideological and international developments to provide a full analysis of the era.

In this ground-breaking collection, a team of leading experts offer a detailed examination of under-researched aspects of Soviet political repression in the 1930s. Drawing on archival documents and materials that have received little attention in Western historiography, much of the information detailed here is in English for the first time.

This collection of essays examines women in the Krushchev era, using both newly accessible archival material and a re-reading of published sources. Exploring diverse subjects including housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and consumption, the volume places the analysis of specific events or issues within a broader discussion of economic, political, ideological and international developments to provide a full analysis of the era.