Women and Family

Question 1

First female minister

Answer 1

Alexandra Kollontai

Question 2

What happened to divorce in 1917

Answer 2

Legalised

Question 3

What % of divorces initiated by men

Answer 3

70%

Question 4

Family code of 1918 resulted in…

Answer 4

Highest divorce rate in the world

Question 5

1918: what % of party members were women

Answer 5

15%

Question 6

By 1928 only … % of party members were women

Answer 6

12%

Question 7

What % of male population used prostitutes

Answer 7

39%

Question 8

What happened to divorce in 1926

Answer 8

Postcard divorce: difficult for women to divorce

Question 9

How many working women by 1945

Answer 9

15 million, only 3 million in 1928

Question 10

When was abortion banned

Answer 10

1936

Question 11

What were women’s wages as a % of men’s

Answer 11

60% for same job

Question 12

How many female tractors drivers Stalin

Answer 12

0,5% rural population

Question 13

What % of women were students under Stalin

Answer 13

28%

Question 14

What was given to women with 7 children Unser Stalin

Answer 14

2,000 roubles

Question 15

When was abortion re-legalised

Answer 15

1955

Question 16

When were National women Magazines banned

Answer 16

1956

Question 17

How many women working in health service

Answer 17

75%

Question 18

How many women were factory managers

Answer 18

less than 1%

Question 19

1st woman in space

Answer 19

Valentina Tereshkova, 1963

Question 20

Restrictions on divorce under Brezhnev

Answer 20

1968

Question 21

How many women party members under Brezhnev

Answer 21

26%

Question 22

How much domestic labour did women do

Answer 22

Double that of men under Brezhnev