Social Unit Flashcards
(12 cards)
What did Lenin introduce to make divorce easier in 1918
Bolshevik family code-also have women further rights and freedoms
What happened to divorce rates due to family code
Mid 1920s,Russian divorce was highest in Europe-due to the revision of the family code making it even easier to divorce
50% of marriages ended in divorce
What did abortion being legalised lead to
Abortions outnumbered live births 3:1
It became incredibly common
What did Stalin do for divorce
Made more expensive
Tax on single people was introduced which encouraged marriage
What did Stalin do for abortion
Outlawed it unless it was a big concern for mothers health
What did Stalin do for the push of a traditional family
Traditional values reasserted
Issued a series of more conservative laws that would help restore the importance of a traditional family
Male homosexuality was illegal
What did Khrushchev do for abortion
Made legal in 1955
What did Khrushchev do for women
Encouraged them to take care of the family at the same time undertaking paid employment
Women had reached 49% of the workforce-1960
How was the support for family’s compared to stalin
Family was much better supported in Khrushchev do
How was divorce rate during Brezhnev
Remained high
Third of marriages ended in divorce-consequence of alcoholism
How was alcohol in these Brezhnev years
Caused range of deaths
Government was unable to and unwilling to deal with the problem
Significant factor in undermine the family
Size of families Brezhnev years
1970- average size was 2.4 children
Drop from 1959 which was 2.9
