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A 6 page overview of the many changes the Russian family has experienced over the years. This paper documents those changes since World War II. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Family institutions evolve within a culture in accordance with a variety of internal and external factors. One of the more interesting aspects of this evolution is the
relationship that exists between the family head and the rest of the family and how it responds to political and social changes. In most cultures, of course, this traditional
relationship has been largely one of patriarchy, a relationship in which the male is superior to his spouse. In traditional societies males are typically viewed as the stronger sex,
the more intellectual sex, the most level headed and the most authoritarian. While the lines demarcating such separate gender identities are slowly fading over time, they are very much
in existence even today. This is the case both in the most technologically advanced countries and third world countries alike. Russia stands as a particularly interesting example of
the construct of masculinity and how it has evolved and impacted the family institution over time. Twigg, Twigg, and Schlecter (302) contend that
Russia has experienced a family crisis that is comparable to few others. These authors contend that this crisis reached its peak, however, in the 1930s to 1950s when the
Bolshevik state worked actively towards disbanding the traditional family unit and transforming it into just one more "cell of the political surveillance system" (Twigg, Twigg, and Schlecter 302). The
reality is that Russia is still experiencing a crisis in the family institution and this crisis is not likely to resolve in the near future.
During the height of the Bolshevik state the marital unit became characterized more as a "cell of redistributional coalitions" than as a loving relationship between father, mother,
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