Family policy and transformation of family and marriage relations in post-revolutionary Russia, 1917 - 1920s: main results and topical issues of study

Abstract

The article focuses on the main trends, discussions and prospects for studying the family policy of the Soviet state and the transformation of family and marriage relations in the post-revolutionary period. The main focus is on the historiography of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The author characterizes the specifics of study of the problem today, its dependence on the political conjuncture, he draws particular attention to controversial and contradictory trends in modern historiography, as well as to the prospects for further study of the topic. The author concentrates on the issues of historiographical continuity and scientific novelty of works.