The Union of Women of Russia (Russian: Союз женщин России (СЖР); known before 1991 as the

Soviet Women's Committee Antifascist Committee of Soviet Women (AKSZh) also known as the Committee of Soviet Women, was a state women's organization in Soviet Russia, founded in 1941. It was renamed to Committee of Soviet Women in 1956. It was a state organization and a b ...

) 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

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and the

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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 ...

political bloc A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used differ ...

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