Alexandra Kollontai

Online archive of content by or about Alexandra Kollontai (31 March 1872 – 9 March 1952), a Russian revolutionary, feminist and Marxist theoretician. She is best known for being outspoken against bureaucratic influences over the Communist Party and its undemocratic internal practices. To that end, she sided with the left-wing Workers' Opposition in 1920.

Alexandra Kollontai, 1952

Kollontai, Alexandra, 1872-1952

Short biography of the Bolshevik feminist Alexandra Kollontai who played a crucial role in the Workers Opposition movement. The biography does…

Russian revolutionary women in 1905

Women fighters in the days of the great October Revolution - Alexandra Kollontai

In this article, written in 1927 (well after the Bolshevik consolidation of power), Alexandra…

International Women's Day - Alexandra Kollontai

First published in 1920, this essay traces the history of international women's day and its importance to working class struggle with particular…

Alexandra Kollontai at the International Women's Conference, 1921

The Workers' Opposition - Alexandra Kollontai

Kollontai's pamphlet was one of the central theoretical works of the Workers' Opposition movement within the Bolshevik Party, arguing for…

On the History of the Movement of Women Workers in Russia - Alexandra Kollontai

Written in 1919, Alexandra Kollontai's essay looks at the role of working class women in the history of Russian radicalism with particular focus on the 1905 revolution.