What Role Did Women Play In Stalin's Russia
Date: 16th Nov. 2010 Nitin Goyal Women in Stalinist Russia
M.M. 15 Q) What was the role of women in Stalin’s Russia? Did he introduce any changes in the Bolshevik policies regarding the family? Ans. After the Bolsheviks came into power, they under the leadership of Lenin started a movement of social reform which was meant to break down the existing tsarist social system and to abolish all ‘bourgeois’ aspects of the system . It was at this time that Lenin attacked the institution of marriage which was considered bourgeois by the Marxist regime. Lenin firmly believed in women’s equality and therefore made efforts to liberate them from the bondage of children and family by making divorce easier. Little realising that such extremely reforms and such extreme communist ideology would not be accepted by the common people easily and quickly. This is what Stalin inherited by adhering to Lenin’s legacy. Stalin …show more content…
Goldman explains that the Party policy of excluding women and non-proletarian workers from the work force slowed the rapid mobilization of labour required for the successful fulfilment of the First Five-Year Plan. In January of 1930, in the face of bitter protests from female activists, the Party eliminated the Zhenotdel, arguing that the rapid improvement of women’s status under communism eliminated the need for special attention. While the Party sought to channel women’s activism to fulfilling the new goals of rapid industrialization, it destroyed the very organization that might have facilitated its production goals. During this period, soviets, trade unions and factory management proved incapable of mobilizing and utilizing women in a planned and effective
M.M. 15 Q) What was the role of women in Stalin’s Russia? Did he introduce any changes in the Bolshevik policies regarding the family? Ans. After the Bolsheviks came into power, they under the leadership of Lenin started a movement of social reform which was meant to break down the existing tsarist social system and to abolish all ‘bourgeois’ aspects of the system . It was at this time that Lenin attacked the institution of marriage which was considered bourgeois by the Marxist regime. Lenin firmly believed in women’s equality and therefore made efforts to liberate them from the bondage of children and family by making divorce easier. Little realising that such extremely reforms and such extreme communist ideology would not be accepted by the common people easily and quickly. This is what Stalin inherited by adhering to Lenin’s legacy. Stalin …show more content…
Goldman explains that the Party policy of excluding women and non-proletarian workers from the work force slowed the rapid mobilization of labour required for the successful fulfilment of the First Five-Year Plan. In January of 1930, in the face of bitter protests from female activists, the Party eliminated the Zhenotdel, arguing that the rapid improvement of women’s status under communism eliminated the need for special attention. While the Party sought to channel women’s activism to fulfilling the new goals of rapid industrialization, it destroyed the very organization that might have facilitated its production goals. During this period, soviets, trade unions and factory management proved incapable of mobilizing and utilizing women in a planned and effective