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participation of women in the socialist revolution in Russia. The magazine's editors wrote about transforming domestic life through raising the consciousness of men, and blamed social problems on the lingering influence of patriarchy. The magazine paved the way for the women workers to "participate in state and public life and in the building of communism". It was instrumental in awakening the women workers to the political reality of the times and brought them under the party's banner. It also helped in propagating
197:, one of Lenin's sisters, found a press willing to print two issues per month. The first editor was a male, Felix Vasilievich Martsinkevich, while the publisher was a female, D.F. Petrovskaia, the wife of a Bolshevik Duma deputy. Its editorial board was composed of Armand and Samoilova, as well as A. I. Yelizarova-Ulyanova, N. K. Krupskaya, P. F. Kudelli, L. R. Menzhinskaya, Y. F. Rozmirovich, and L. N. Stal. It prospered at the encouragement and support provided by 223: 31: 250:, 23 February 1914, with 12,000 copies. It lacked a cover, illustrations and an issuing body. It was a quarterly journal for the period 24 February (8 March) to June 1914. In its first year, its circulation was 12,000. Initially, there were seven issues of which three were confiscated by the police as there was strict censorship by the 269:
closed the magazine, and all members of the editorial board were jailed. Its publication was resumed in Moscow in January 1923. Ulyanova worked for the magazine at that time, but did not follow the instructions of her brother, Lenin, who by now was abroad, and she resisted efforts by Armand to make
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Criticism from the Bolshevik women readership centered on the magazine being out of touch with its audience. However, this may have been aimed at Armand. Editors preferred stories of interest to women workers, as well as their poetry and fiction, while Armand preferred theoretical and propaganda
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in 1914, and the circulation that year was 12,000; in 1918, it was between 30,000 and 40,000. By 1930, it was published in bimonthly press runs of 265,000 copies. In 1974, circulation was 12.6 million; and in 1986, it was 13.3 million. In the 1990s, its circulation was reported to be a
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In 1926, the magazine published articles about a perceived male resistance to women entering metal and machine-tool work jobs, which were typically dominated by men. Within 10 years the magazine congratulated its readership, stating that women "form more than one quarter of all metal workers and
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internationalism and international labor solidarity as a means to checkmate imperialism. Its advocacy is for "social justice, the emancipation of women, and worldwide peace." The magazine meant to make women workers aware of the political situation in the country and acted as a catalyst in
276:"Ardent greetings to Rabotnitsa on the tenth anniversary of its existence. I wish it every success in training the masses of proletarian women in the spirit of the struggle for the complete triumph of socialism, in the spirit of carrying out the great behests of our teacher Lenin." 126:, it is the first socialist women's journal, and the most politically left of the women's periodicals. While the journal's beginnings are attributed to Lenin and several women who were close to him, he did not contribute to the first seven issues. 308:, the period between 1914 and 1944 has been described as "the most dramatic and challenging years of its existence", when strong ties were maintained between the press and the political leadership of the country. 360:
s audience was the ordinary woman and not the activist; and these were the only publications that were available both throughout the country as well as throughout the Stalin era for that audience.
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pieces written by émigré women such as herself. In spite of a poor review of its quality, Soviet women found the magazine to be "a friend, an adviser, a consultant, and an entertainer".
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The journal restarted on 10 May (23), 1917, its cover announcing that it was now a part of the central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party. Following the
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complemented the magazine with a personal greeting. A 1935 issue was on the topic of motherhood; in 1936, that was an article on
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record high. It began as a bi-weekly pamphlet, evolved into an illustrated weekly, and later became a monthly journal.
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and one of the oldest Russian magazines for women and families. Founded in 1914, and first published on
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machine construction workers, and almost a quarter of all workers in the coal industry..." In 1933,
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magazines exclusively devoted to women and families. The magazine's basic theme was to advocate
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Maria Davidenko (2018). "Multiple femininities in two Russian women's magazines, 1970s–1990s".
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Celebrating women: gender, festival culture, and Bolshevik ideology, 1910–1939
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Sian Stephenson (2007). "The Changing Face of Women's Magazines in Russia".
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Rabotnitsa, constructing a Bolshevik ideal: women and the new Soviet state
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Equality & revolution: women's rights in the Russian Empire, 1905–1917
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easing labour pain; and in 1946, there was an article on new fabrics. For
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Midwives of the revolution: female Bolsheviks and women workers in 1917
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Catterall, Miriam; Maclaran, Pauline; Stevens, Lorna (2000).
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Lenin : the man, the dictator, and the master of terror
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Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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served as the official women's publication under the
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Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics
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Marketing and feminism: current issues and research
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Moscow
Russian
Soviet Union
Russia
Women's Day
Bolshevik
Zhenotdel
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
First Conference of Working Women
Petrograd
Klavdiya Nikolayeva
Russian Revolution of 1917
Communist Party
St. Petersburg
Nadezhda Krupskaya
Konkordiia (née Gromova) Samoilova
Inessa Armand
Anna Yelizarova-Ulyanova
Lenin

mimosa
Silver Wattle
Russia
Italy
International Women's Day
Communist Party
World War I
October 1917 Revolution
tsarist government

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