Edwards, Allyson

Start date:
October 2016
Research Topic:
Militarism in Post Soviet Russia from 1990 to 2000
Research pathway:
Research Supervisor:
Prof Michael Sheehan and Dr Eugene Miakinkov
Supervising school:
College of Arts and Humanities,
Primary funding source:
ESRC Studentship

This project aims to examine the societal connections to the military during the Yeltsin regime. It will use the family unit as a case study, investigating to what extent gender roles and perceptions of masculinity within the household were transformed by society’s portrayal of masculinity and the military.