social developments: young people + women

what did the 1917 decrees do for women

made divorce easier and gave them equal legal rights

What was introduced in 1918 and what did it do

1918 family code reduces patriarchal structures

what was established in 1919 to support women and who led it

zhenotdel led by kollontai and armand

when was abortion legalised

1920

how did the NEP affect women

cuts to welfare meant a lack of funding for womens organisations and childcare, growth in prostitution

how did the five year plans affect women (and when)

it limited abortions and divorce in 1928

when was zhenotdel abolished

1930

when was a new family code introduced

1936

percentage of female workers in 1940

43%

two limitations of the state’s supposed female equality

double burden and lack of female participation in politics

summary sentence about how women’s lives were changed

women’s lives were significantly changed through a state-sponsored shift from the domestic sphere to the workplace, gaining limited freedoms under Lenin’s leadership, however Stalin’s return to traditional values reimplemented the same constraints upon women’s bodily autonomy which were present in 1917.

who was the minister in charge of educational changes

Lunacharsky

what was introduced to education under Lenin

less discipline and emphasis on socialist ideology

what was one of lenin’s main aims for youth

boost civil war mobilisation

what voluntary organisation was formed for youth under lenin and when

komsomol in 1918

what features of education were abolished in the 1920s

exams and textbooks

why was lenin’s youth organisation limited and state how

it was voluntary and only 6% of those eligible were part of it in 1926

what happened to komsomol under stalin and when

centralised in 1935

what did stalin want to reintroduce to education

discipline + cult of personality

stat for urban literacy

94% by 1941

summary for changes to youth

The lives of young people experienced a brief moment of freedoms under Lunacharsky’s reforms but were then brought back under stricter discipline and indoctrination to the cult of personality under Stalin’s rule