Education

Russia is known for its high quality of education for everybody. But it had not always been the same for all women. The history of female education dates from 11th century when Anna Vsevolodovna, a sister of a Grand Prince of Kievan Rus formed the first female college in Andreevsky monastery in Kiev. Since that time the education became important in aristocracy, but in countryside people did not care about having education. From 17th to 19th century the women’s education was determined only by social class. Low class people did not have opportunity to be educated. When in 1917 the Socialist Revolution has displaced Tsar and the socialism took the power, all people started to have the same rights for education. Actually, high school became an obligation for everybody. Universities became free. But the quantity of women studying at universities was not as much as quantity of men. People could study whatever they wanted without any payment, and by finishing their degree, they were assured with job. When women realized that the education was really important for their life quality, the number of women studying at the university started to increase. In 1897- 1991 the Perestroika (it means “restructuring” of the Soviet political and economic system) started its development. Universities got private, but high schools were still public. However, people already had the idea of education as important point of their lives. As the time was passing, the level of education was higher and higher. Nowadays, all the people study no mattering if you are woman or man. After many years of development, Russian education is now in a very high level being known all over the world.

Equal Rights

Russia is a country where people can live equally, but not always has been like this, the country has gone through many changes. Life in Russia was not as good as in other Europe countries. When the socialism came, the Russian government provided the law in 1980th where it was said about the same rights between women and men. Although, it was not as same as history tells us about that fact. Women did have the same rights for education (it was free at that time) and job, but they did have lack in field of acquiring job. The salary was not the same as men had for the similar labor they were doing. And another important point which is written nowhere because of a big shame and lack of the same law is that women most of the time had to do the same hard work as men did. Irina's Grandmother (Irina, a russian girl) had to work in a construction of buildings doing the same job as men. It’s actually could be ridiculous to hear if men and women are equal, so people, please do the same things! Although, Russian women accepted that: they had no choice at that time. The communistic country did not feel sorry for anybody.

Nowadays the things have not changed so much but they became better. Men and women are able to work in the same job for the same salary. But female people cannot have a job that risks their lives or their future babies' life.

Thanks to all these changes Rusia has now a better equality between men and women.