Family in the Soviet Union
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The view of the Soviet family as the basic social unit in society evolved from revolutionary to conservative; the government of the Soviet Union first attempted to weaken the family and then to streng
Soviet women's journal founded in 1914.
Reconstruction of a typical 1950s Soviet living room
Soviet people of mixed ages queuing to a Kharkov cinema,1981
Stakhanovite movement
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The Stakhanovite movement was a mass cultural movement for workers established by the Communist Party in the 1930s Soviet Union. Its promoters encouraged the rationalization of workplace processes—i.e
Family in the Soviet Union
…day to day. We need fighters, they build this life. We need people." The wider campaign to encourage the family unit elevated motherhood to a form of Stakhanovite labor. During this time, motherhood was celebrated as patriotic and the joys of children and family were extolled by the country's leaders. The Family…
Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov with a fellow miner
USSR Medal "For Labour Valour"
Near Neustrelitz, East Germany, September 1959, a forester (on motorcycle) congratulates a team of women for achieving 184% of a production goal during their shift—by planting 25,000 saplings against a quota of only 16,000.