The evolution of gender equality in Russian labor law

Today, 78 million women live in Russia — all of them have equal rights with men. But has it always been like this? Within the framework of this article, gender equality is considered as the result of persistent and long-term work that began with the formation of the state and continues at the present time. The authors believe that the development of gender equality is impossible without knowledge of the history of its formation. Further, the article presents the main factors that have had a significant impact on the degree of recognition of women’s rights and freedoms in Russia: church influence in the regulation of family relations, the invasion of the Mongol-Tatar yoke and its trace in the history of the formation of gender equality, serfdom, the organization of women’s movements, the period of Soviet power, wartime and their influence on the formation of gender equality in Russia. The authors consider in detail the principle of gender equality, which has an international legal and constitutional basis and is one of the most important provisions enshrined in many legal documents.