Gender Research in the Aftermath of the Soviet Union: Western Viewpoints and Cultural Variations

Abstract

The seven years of gender studies study and teaching experience that I have amassed in modern Russia serve as the foundation for this work. In the early 1990s, the concepts of gender, feminism, and women's subjectivity were initially introduced to the Russian government and the general population. The adoption of Western concepts and theories has been a significant contributor to the progress that has been made in the field of gender studies in Russia. An examination of the development of gender studies is presented in this essay, which takes place against the backdrop of the "Russia – West" dichotomy in Russian gender studies. This article takes a look at the evolution of gender studies over the course of the previous decade, taking into account the various theoretical perspectives that have emerged as well as the changes that have occurred in the milieu.

Keywords: Gender studies, the "Russia vs. the West" dichotomy, and theoretical methods to gender study are all things that are talked about.