The Union of Women of Russia (Russian: Союз женщин России (СЖР); known before 1991 as the Soviet Women's Committee) was a women's political organisation in Russia. Its leader was

Alevtina Fedulova Alevtina Vasilyevna Fedulova (russian: Алевтина Васильевна Федулова, born 14 April 1940) is a Russian political activist and former leader of the Soviet Women's Committee (later the Union of Women of Russia). Early lif ...

. In 1993, it was the dominant force in the merger of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and the Union of Navy Women to form the

Women of Russia Women of Russia (, ''Zhenshchiny Rossii'', ZhR) was a political bloc in Russia. History The party was established in the autumn of 1993 by merger of three women's groups, the Union of Women of Russia (the dominant force), the Association of Russi ...

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Defunct political parties in Russia Feminist parties in Europe Feminist parties in Asia {{Russia-org-stub