Hujum
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In the Soviet Union, the hujum was a campaign by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to remove all manifestations of gender inequality throughout the Union Republics of Central Asia. Beginning in
Sart woman wearing a paranja (Samarkand, between 1905 and 1915)
Caricature on Islamic spousal relationship from the Azerbaijani magazine Molla Nasraddin depicting a noble Azeri couple in Paris (right) and on their estate in the Caucasus (left)
Soviet poster from the Russian Civil War years with appeal to Muslim women
"Statue of a Liberated Woman" representing a woman tearing off her veil, Baku, Azerbaijan
Islam in the Soviet Union
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Islam in the Soviet Union was the country's second-largest religion, and 90% of Muslims were adherents of Sunni Islam, with only around 10% adhering to Shia Islam. Excluding the Azerbaijan SSR, which
Hujum
…of gender inequality throughout the Union Republics of Central Asia. Beginning in the Stalinist era, it targeted practices that were widespread among Soviet Muslims, such as female seclusion from society, female veiling practices, and the inheritance of women as property after the death of their husbands. The hujum…
Demographic distribution of Muslims within the Soviet Union, as a percentage of the population by administrative division (1979)
"I am free now!" communist propaganda poster by an unknown artist, encouraging the young women of Soviet Turkestan to join the Komsomol. Issued in Moscow in 1921.