Julia Ioffe left the Soviet Union in 1990 at age seven, when her family immigrated to the United States. In her newly ...

When diving into the history of the Soviet Union and modern Russia, one expects to encounter the towering figures of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Vladimir Putin. But in “Motherland,” ...

A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia. MOSCOW—Julia Ioffe’s new book, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy (Ecco), immediately ...

While addressing a crowd at the Eurasian Women's Forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed government policy geared toward helping women achieve the ultimate ...

Telling the story of a country through its women is an epic undertaking — especially when the country’s history includes totalitarianism, extreme violence and repression. It’s a task taken on by the ...