Primary Sources: Russia, Russian Federation, U.S.S.R., Soviet Union: Women

"The interviews conducted in 2016 in Russia include many of the women who pioneered gender and women’s studies in the Russian academy. According to Natal’ia Pushkareva, who coordinated the Russian project and conducted the interviews, the team sought to find interviewees who would talk openly about their experiences in women’s and gender studies and how they have connected their research to activism. The team looked for respondents across generations, disciplines, and professions, but the effort to create a representative cross-section was limited by some potential interviewees’ refusal to speak on camera. The interviews conducted in Russia include many of the women who pioneered gender and women’s studies in the Russian academy, and include their reflections on changes in the political landscape over the period up to and including Putin’s leadership. The Russia episode of Contextualizing Feminist Voices, recorded in 2021, provides additional information on the country site."

...a double portrait of two icons of contemporary Russian ballet. Svetlana Zakharova of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and Ulyana Lopatkina from the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg are perhaps unmatched in today's ballet, and might be ranked amongst the greatest ballerinas of all time. Each have their own unique style and personality, on stage and off, as shown in these breathtaking films. Revealing interviews with Zakharova and Lopatkina, as well as their fellow dancers, coaches and dance critics provide an inside perspective on the motives, the agonies and the joys of a prima ballerina at the top of her game.