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The number of women in Russian politics has increased; at the federal level, this is partially due to electoral victories by Women of Russia bloc in the Duma. [59] The 1990s saw an increase in female legislators; another notable increase occurred during the 2007 elections, when every major political party increased its number of female ...
Name Date Feat References Alime Abdenanova: 1 September 2014: Reconnaissance scout in World War II [1]Aleksandra Akimova: 31 December 1994: Squadron navigator in the "Night Witches"
[13] Yevdokiya Nosal Евдокия Носаль 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment: Junior Lieutenant 24 May 1943 *: Killed in action on 23 April 1943 when hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel from anti-aircraft fire.
Soviet Women in Combat: A History of Violence on the Eastern Front (2010) Krylova, Anna. "Stalinist Identity from the Viewpoint of Gender: Rearing a Generation of Professionally Violent Women-Fighters in 1930s Stalinist Russia," Gender & History (2004) 16#3 pp 626–653. Markwick, Roger D.
The political movement in favor of women's education continued to grow, and by October 1869, the Russian government permitted a limited set of courses for women on advanced subjects (including "chemistry, history, anatomy, zoology, and Russian literature").
The Women Question, and the notion that women were locked into privater strict social rules and roles, was a popular topic among Russian intellectuals during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In sharp contrast to the West, however, the Russian discussions regarding the rights and roles of women did not form part of the basic struggle for ...
Nikolai Karamzin, sentimentalist writer and historian, author of the 12-volume History of the Russian State Nikolai Karamzin; Vasily Klyuchevsky, dominated Russian historiography at the turn of the 20th century, shifted focus from politics and society to geography and economy; Alexander Kazhdan, Byzantinist, editor of the Oxford Dictionary of ...
Born as Princess of Russia; adopted the style of Grand Duchess after her father's headship of the House of Romanov. Maria Vladimirovna: Vladimir Kirillovich: 1953: Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia (m. 1976; div. 1985) Born after the abolition of the monarchy; adoopted the style of Grand Duchess of Russia in pretense.