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Russian Women: Identity and Destiny

February 20, 2024
Dear friends, we are glad to represent our sixth issue of the Public Diplomacy Journal under the brand of the Meeting Russia program.



Topic: "Russian Women: Identity and Destiny".



We set ourselves a challenging task to define “a Russian woman”.



In this issue:


  • Lists of Outstanding Russian Women, Including World’s First in Space Flights, Diplomacy, Special Education, Sciences

  • Competition between a “Traditional Russian Woman” and a “Global Woman” (essay by Karine Bechet-Golovko)

  • Russian Wives of Famous Foreigners

  • Challenge of Gender Studies in Russia (Ariadna Abramova, Elena Karnaukhova)

  • Opinions of Foreigners from BRICS Countries about Contemporary Russian Women (Diana Kovela & Kira Ivanova)

  • Women’s Rights in Books and in Life (a literature-based essay by Olga Tipaylova, Creative Diplomacy’s translator and editor)




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