family Flashcards
what did family code of 1918 do?
Gave women equal status to men
Granted illegitimate children the same legal rights as legitimate ones Secularised marriage, and allowed a couple to take either the husband or wife’s name once married.
Divorce became easily obtainable
when was abortion legalised?
1920
when were unregistered marriages acknowledged?
1927
what did the social problems and family break-ups that followed the 1918 Family Code lead to?
the great retreat (1936)
what did the great retreat aim to do?
restore the importance of the traditional family and the status of marriage
when did brezhnev introduce his family code?
1968
what did the 1968 family code aim to do?
to address the high divorce rate
when did stalin criminalise abortion?
In 1936, the government also criminalised abortion in all cases except those where the mother’s life was in danger.
who founded the zhenotdel and when?
alexandra kollontai 1919
what did alexandra kollontai believe?
that the family was an oppressive social organisation
who did the zhenotdel work with to produce what?
the zhenotdel worked with the commissariat of education to introduce co-education
following divorce fathers were required to pay a minimum of (…)
1/3 of their income to their former wives to support their children and 60 per cent of their salary if they left three or more children
what was criminalised in 1936?
abortion
contraception banned
lesbianism was seen as a disease (hypnotherapy)
divorce expensive and difficult
sex outside of marriage stigmatised
what did the 1944 edict do?
gave the honorary title of mother heroine to women who could produce the most babies
extended maternity leave
increased family allowances even to unmarried mothers
under stalin, what would happen if a child got introuble?
their parents would have to pay a fine
