This book provides a rich picture of what life was like for women in late Soviet times by presenting the life stories of eight women who were born in the interwar period. The life stories are told through interviews with the women who were well educated and well placed in Soviet society, often in elite positions, and therefore well able to observe and articulate the wider conditions for Soviet women besides their own personal circumstances. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alekseeva (b. 1927) 2. Galina Petrovna Kosterina (b. 1928) 3. Rada Nikitichna Adzhubei (b. 1929) 4. Renita Andreevna Grigoreva (b. 1931) 5. Irina Fedorovna Vainstein (b. 1932) 6. Irina Mikhailovna Kulikova (b. 1932) 7. Ol'ga Andreevna Kuchkina (b. 1936) 8. Irina M. (b. 1944)
