ABSTRACT

First Published in 1998. This is Volume III of eight in the Sociology of the Soviet Union series. Written in 1949, this is a collection of translated essays and documents about the family in the USSR and the changing attitudes prevailing in Soviet Russia towards specific aspects of social and political life.

chapter |24 pages

Introduction

part I|56 pages

Fundamental Attitudes and First Revolutionary Legislation

part II|154 pages

The 1926 Family Code and the Practical Application of Soviet Family Law

chapter Docment No. 6|73 pages

Discussion of the Draft of the Code 1

chapter Docment No. 7|15 pages

Parts I and II of the Code of Laws on Marriage and Divorce, the Family and Guardianship

Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee passed at the Third Session of its Twelfth Election Period on November 19, 1926 1

chapter Docment No. 9|16 pages

Soviet Experience with Legal Abortion

part III|156 pages

New Trends after the Stabilization of Soviet Society

chapter |16 pages

Conclusion