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Julia Ioffe’s much-anticipated memoir and history of Russia offers an original take on America’s long-time adversary ...

Julia Ioffe’s new blend of history and family biography takes on the contradictions of female selfhood in Soviet Russia, from achievement to marginalization ...

As we consider the prospect of American women in ground combat, we might look for wisdom to the experiences of Soviet women who served in brutal combat conditions, alongside men, during World War II.

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This article is part of the CSIS executive education program Understanding the Russian Military Today. From the all-women Death Battalion led by Maria Bochkareva in the Russian Revolution, to the ...