Women’s movement as a socio-political phenomenon of the Russian Empire of the middle of XIX - the beginning of the XX century
The object of study - women’s struggle for political and civil rights from the middle of XIX on the beginning of the XX century in the Russian Empire. The purpose of article - to reveal dynamics of development of women’s movement on territories of the Russian Empire, and also its feature and results. In article stages of fight of women for the political and civil rights are stated, their characteristic taking into account cultural, political features of imperial reality of the middle of XIX - the beginning of the XX century is submitted also. That in article the wide range of the primary sources, allowed to establish differences of the Russian women’s movement from the western sufrazhistsky movement is analyzed. That, in turn, allows to understand modern distinction in situation and a role of women, their status in a family in the territory of the western and Post-Soviet states. Article can be used in educational and educational process, in lectures of socio-humanistic disciplines and everything who is interested in the matters.