Russian Women: Identity and Destiny

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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