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Aleksandra Mikhaylovna Kollontay, Russian revolutionary who advocated radical changes in traditional social customs and institutions in Russia and who later, as a Soviet diplomat, became the first woman to serve as an accredited minister to a foreign country. The daughter of a general in the

Biography Image Gallery Intro to Alexandra Kollontai To the Woman Worker, MP3 Audio of Kollontai speaking. ( Translation) Works: 1907-1916: International Socialist Conferences of Women Workers 1908: Introduction to “The Social Basis of the Women’s Question” 1909: The Social Basis of the Women’s Question 1911: Love and the New Morality

Alexandra Kollontai was a significant figure in the Bolshevik party during the revolution and probably the most influential female in the new Soviet society. Born Alexandra Domontovich in 1872, the young Kollontai belonged to a family of liberal aristocrats.

Alexandra Kollontai. Here we will provide a short overview of her life and work. Knowing it cannot do justice to the latter’s richness and complexity, we hope that our chapter will inspire readers to consult more in-depth sources. Formative Years (1872–1898)

Kollontai, Alexandra (1872–1952)Russian revolutionary and feminist who was the first woman to be a member of the Bolshevik Central Committee and the Council of People's Commissars as well as the world's first female ambassador. Name variations: Aleksandra Kollontay; (nickname) Shura.

Alexandra Kollontai (1872–1952) was a Russian revolutionary, minister, diplomat, and socialist feminist thinker. From 1908 to 1917, in political exile from the Tsarist regime, she traveled in Europe as a political agitator.

Alexandra Kollontai, Love of Worker Bees, trans, and introd. Cathy Porter (London: Virago 1988). Alexandra Kollontai, A Great Love, trans, and introd. Cathy Porter (London: Virago 1991). Alexandra kollontai is one of the most fascinating and least understood figures of the Bolshevik revolution. A feminist and a socialist, Kollontai defended a ...

Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai was a Russian revolutionary, politician, diplomat and Marxist theoretician. Serving as the People's Commissar for Welfare in Vladimir Lenin's government in 1917–1918, she was a highly prominent woman within the Bolshevik party. She was the first woman to be a cabinet minister, and the first woman ambassador.