1st Edition

Life Stories of Soviet Women The Interwar Generation

By Melanie Ilic Copyright 2013
214 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides a rich picture of what everyday life was like for women in Soviet times by presenting the life stories of eight women who were born in the interwar period. The life stories are told through interviews with the women who were well educated and well placed in Soviet society, often in elite positions, and therefore well able to observe and articulate the wider conditions for... Read more
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)

Biography

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