International Women’s Day: Gender, Identity And Ideology In The Soviet Union (March 2017)

This blog was originally published on Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/larisa-sotieva/international-womens-day-_b_15185002.html Thinking about the legacy of the USSR, I never cease to be amazed at the professionalism with which Communist propaganda permeated every walk of life. Ideology worked on all levels, touching everything, manipulating people's deepest emotions, consciousness and sense of identity. Even gender was manipulated to …