The Man Question : Loves and Lives in Late 20th Century Russia

Rotkirch, Anna

doi:10.31885/2018.00015

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“…Moreover, as the basic rule for allocating flats was the amount of space per person, to increase the number of persons in a given space was a crucial means of manipulating this ratio; decisions on whether to marry or not, have a child or not, divorce or not making a difference in this respect. As Anna Rotkirch has convincingly shown, each step in the Soviet family's life course -from dating to marrying, having a child, divorcing, marrying again-was usually both influenced by and had implications for housing (see, Rotkirch, 2000). Lehmann claims that having children was one of the few ways Soviet people could improve their chances of obtaining new housing in the Soviet era (Lehmann, 1992, cited in Lehmann, Ruble, 1997: 1093.…”

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“…Besides fictitious divorces, other not uncommon examples of tactical action are engaging in fictitious marriages so as to obtain housing, or in making an "additional" child (Rotkirch, 2000;see, also, Buckley, 1995;Morton, 1980: 250;Platz, 2003: 119). These manipulate the central principle of Soviet housing allocation, namely the amount of space available per person: as flats rarely shrank, the only logical way to affect this people-persquare-metre ratio was to increase the number of people.…”

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“…My research is funded by the "Russia, Finland and globalization in a micro perspective" research project, funded by the Academy of Finland and directed by Dr Markku Lonkila. 3. In general, housing as part and parcel of everyday life has been a largely neglected topic, with some notable exceptions such as the magnificent studies of communal apartments by Boym (1996), Gerasimova (1998; and Utekhin (2001), Paadam's (2003) interesting study of homeowners and their housing histories in Soviet-era and post-Soviet Estonia or Rotkirch's (2000) fascinating study, which details sexuality but is also illuminating reading for anyone interested in housing. The bulk of research on housing centres on privatization and its problems (Alexandrova, Hamilton, Kuznetsova, 2004;Bater, 1994;Cook, 2002;Kosareva, Puzanov, Tikhomirova, 1996;Lee, Petrova, Shapiro, Struyk, 1998;Renaud, 1995aRenaud, , 1995bStruyk, 1996;Struyk, Puzanov, Kolodeznikova, 2001, UNECE 2004 and new forms of social, economic and/or residential stratification (Andrusz, Harloe, Szelenyi, 1996;Buckley, Gurenko 1997;Borén, 2003;Gdaniec, 2001;Kulu, 2003;Lee, Struyk, 1996;Lehmann, Ruble, 2002;Ruble, 1995;Ruoppila, 2004;Trushchenko, 1995).…”

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Housing, Networks and Money: A Study of Workers in St. Petersburg

Salmi¹

2016

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This article examines housing in the Soviet and post-Soviet era drawing from interview material with fifty factory workers in St. Petersburg studied in 2000. While the Soviet era is often characterised by lack of choice, I argue that people were in fact able to influence their housing much more than is usually considered, although the choices available were certainly limited and action was tactical rather than strategic by nature (to borrow Michel de Certeau's concepts). I argue that money was far more important than is usually acknowledged, and many respondents emphasised that they earned decent money and were able to purchase housing in the Soviet era. Networks played a role too, for instance in attempts to influence the authorities in charge of housing or to manipulate the rules of allocation. I also show that various steps in the Soviet family's life course (e.g. marrying or having a child) were important in order to obtain housing. The post-Soviet era, in contrast, is characterised by lack of money and few opportunities to improve housing. For many respondents, then, it is the Soviet era that looks as an era that made action possible, whereas the opportunities to act have now been severely reduced. This, and not just pure nostalgia, explains why most respondents long for the Soviet times.

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Housing, Networks and Money: A Study of Workers in St. Petersburg

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2016

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“…Mammor hävdas bära det huvudsakliga ansvaret fö r att uppfostra och ta hand om barnen och mamman diskuteras som kärnan eller hö rnstenen i familjen. Papporna är tydligt exkluderade från diskursen, vilket verkar vara en del av ett kulturellt arv som kan spåras bakåt i tiden, även längre tillbaks än till Sovjetunionens fö delse (Aivazova 1998;Rotkirch 2000).…”

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Vad vet vi om den ryska pappan? Utvecklingen av faderskapsnormer från ett historiskt och internationellt perspektiv

Åberg¹

2016

Nordisk Østforum

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Vad vet vi om den ryska pappan? Utvecklingen av faderskapsnormer frå n ett historiskt och internationellt perspektiv Pelle Å berg * Docent i statsvetenskap, Lektor vid institutionen fö r socialvetenskap, Ersta Skö ndal hö gskola, och forskare vid institutionen fö r samhällsvetenskaper och Center for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Sö dertö rns hö gskola AbstractWhat do we know about fatherhood and norms concerning fatherhood in Russia? This article investigates this question using previous research and the contemporary statediscourse. Family and parenthood have been important parts of the state-discourse during the last decades due to the demographic situation in Russia. However, at the same time, fathers are more or less absent from the discourse while mothers and children are occurring frequently. With this as a background, the role of the father is examined, in the past and in the present. This is done using previous research on Soviet and Russian fatherhood, with the aid of knowledge gained through fatherhood studies in other national contexts as well as current policy documents and presidential speeches. The results show that norms concerning fatherhood are closely connected to the sociopolitical context and changes in welfare systems and in the gender contract. The development of fatherhood models differ between Russian and West European, and American, experiences. In today's Russia there are competing discourses, suggesting that the role of the father is contested. There is evidence of both a marginalized fatherhood model, a legacy from Soviet times, of the traditional breadwinner model of fatherhood as well as of a more nurturing and active type of fatherhood.

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“…In real life, among the youth in particular, it was common to break these o cial rules which again led to double standards in morality and behavior. 37 e 1960s witnessed the beginning of a radical break between the traditional sexual morals of the older citizens and the more liberal behavior of Soviet youth. 38 Since clothes are the most visible representation of sexuality it is no wonder that the Soviet discussion of fashion and culture of dress was quite heated at the same time.…”

Section: Fashion and Soviet Decencymentioning

confidence: 99%