Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia: Lives and Culture

Cambridge : Open Books Publishers, 2011.

Academic editor: A. Tosi, W. Rosslyn

Russian women of the nineteenth century are often thought of in their literary incarnations as the heroines of novels such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace. But their real counterparts are now becoming better understood as active contributors to Russia’s varied cultural landscape.
This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia – from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia – discussing their interaction with the church and the law, and their rich contribution to music, art, literature and theatre. It shows how women struggled for greater autonomy and, both individually and collectively, developed a dynamic but often overlooked presence in Russia's culture and society during the long nineteenth century (1800-1917).

Chapters

Between Law and Morality: Violence Against Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia

Muravyeva M. G., , in: Women in Nineteenth-Century Russia: Lives and Culture.: Cambridge: Open Books Publishers, 2011. P. 209–238.

The chapter unfolds history of violence against women in nineteenth-century Russia. Based on the court materials and legal documents it tells the depressing history of rape and domestic violence, to which Russian women of all social ranks were subjected. ...

Added: February 28, 2014

Keywords: Russia, XIX century, history of women, Russian women, violence against women, women and religion, women and urban culture