Lyubov Denisova: “A Russian village has a female soul…. Takes because there is no one else

Professor of the Department of Theory of the History of State and Law

Born:

In the city of Murmansk.

Education:

In 1972 she graduated from Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov with a degree in History, in 1978 - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a degree in Automation of Experimental Research.

Academic degree:

Doctor of Historical Sciences, 1996
Candidate's dissertation on the topic: “Transition to universal secondary education in the countryside. 1959–1977”, Institute of History of the USSR, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1982
Doctoral dissertation on the topic: “The village of the Russian non-Black Earth region. 1960-1980s”, Institute Russian history RAS, 1996

Academic title:

Professor

Experience:

Junior (1973-1988), senior (1988-1997), leading (1997-2003) researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Institute of History of the USSR of the USSR Academy of Sciences).
Professor of the Department of Theory of the History of State and Law, Russian State University of Oil and Gas (NRU) named after I.M. Gubkin since 2003

Teaching disciplines:

Legal basis oil and gas industry
Legal regulation of the fuel and energy complex
History and methodology of legal science

Scientific activity:

Training:

“The teacher in the modern educational environment higher education". 2016
Organizational and educational and methodological support of the main educational programs. Russian State University of Oil and Gas (NRU) named after I.M. Gubkina, 2018

Publications:

Author of more than 50 works, incl. 7 monographs: Universal secondary education and the social progress of the village. M.: Nauka, 1989; Irreplaceable losses. Village culture in the 1960s and 1980s. Moscow: Nauka, 1995; Rural Russia: Economic, Social and Moral Crisis. N-York, 1995; Disappearing village in Russia. Non-Chernozem Region in the 1960s-1980s Moscow: Logos, 1996; Women of Russian villages. Work days. Moscow: World of History, 2003; The fate of the Russian peasant woman in the XX century. Marriage. Family. Gen. Moscow: Rosspen, 2007; Legal basis for the development of the oil and gas industry in Russia. Parts 1 and 2. M.: Russian State University of Oil and Gas. THEM. Gubkina, 2005, 2007.

Awards, membership:

She was awarded the medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow" (1997).
Member of doctoral dissertation councils of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2000), Vologda State Pedagogical University (since 2002).

Psychologist, certified constellation: system-phenomenological approach, family constellations and structural constellations.

  • Experience as a psychologist for more than 7 years, experience in constellation work for more than 4 years.
  • Graduated in 2009 from AOU VPO "Leningradsky State University named after A.S. Pushkin", specialty: Psychologist. Teacher of psychology.

Additional education

  • Training course on the program "Counseling using the method of sand therapy", Sverdlovsk Psychotherapeutic Association, 2003 (certificate).
  • School of Practical Astrology "Pyramid", qualified as an astrologer-consultant; Diploma No. 025, Yekaterinburg, 2007
  • Training course "Family constellations and B. Hellinger's system-phenomenological approach", Institute for Counseling and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), workshop leader: Mikhail Burnyashev.
  • Seminar "Laws of Management and Success in an Organization", Institute for Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), seminar moderator: B. Hellinger.
  • Seminar "Structural arrangements and arrangements of internal parts", Institute for Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), workshop leader: Gunhild Baksa.
  • Seminar "Relationships in a couple according to the method of B. Hellinger "System constellations"", Institute for Counseling and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), moderators: Jacob and Sieglinde Schneider.
  • Seminar "Body-Spirit-Soul", Institute for Counseling and System Solutions, Moscow, 2010 (certificate), moderators: Ursula Franke and Thomas Bryson.
  • Seminar "Family constellations and B. Hellinger's system-phenomenological approach", Moscow, 2010 (certificate), seminar leader: Gunhard Weber.
  • Certificate of advanced training in the system-phenomenological approach and family constellations; No. 004-EK, Institute for Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2010
  • Certificate of advanced training in structural constellations; No. 091/StR, Institute for Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2010
  • Certificate of participation No. 278 in the Second International Eurasian Congress on Systemic Constellations in Russia "Time of Changes", Moscow, 2011
  • Confirmation of attendance - International Training-Camp from 11/10/2012 to 11/15/2012 at Sophie Hellinger - Bad Reichenhall Germany.

experience

  • 2008-2009 — FAO GOU VPO Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, specialist in additional education programs.
  • 2009 - individual activity psychologist and arranger.
  • In 2010-2011 led practice groups on systemic family constellations at a training group in Yekaterinburg from IKSR.

Conducts individual and group work using the method of systemic family, structural constellations and constellations of internal parts. Working with different themes and symptoms.

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Lyubov Anatolyevna Denisova Psychologist, certified constellation: system-phenomenological approach, family constellations and structural constellations. Experience as a psychologist for more than 7 years, experience in constellation work for more than 4 years. Graduated in 2009 from AOU VPO "Leningrad State University named after A.S. Pushkin", specialty: Psychologist. Psychology teacher. Additional education: Training course on the program "Counseling using the method of sand therapy", Sverdlovsk Psychotherapeutic Association, 2003 (certificate). School of Practical Astrology "Pyramid", qualified as an astrologer-consultant; Diploma 025, Yekaterinburg, 2007 Training course "Family constellations and B. Hellinger's system-phenomenological approach", Institute for Counseling and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), workshop leader: Mikhail Burnyashev. Seminar "Laws of Management and Success in an Organization", Institute for Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), moderator: B. Hellinger. Seminar "Structural arrangements and arrangements of internal parts", Institute for Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), workshop leader: Gunhild Baksa. Seminar "Relationships in a couple according to the method of B. Hellinger "System constellations"", Institute for Counseling and System Solutions, Moscow, 2009 (certificate), moderators: Jacob and Sieglinde Schneider. Seminar "Body-Spirit-Soul", Institute for Counseling and System Solutions, Moscow, 2010 (certificate), moderators: Ursula Franke and Thomas Bryson. Seminar "Family constellations and B. Hellinger's system-phenomenological approach", Moscow, 2010 (certificate), seminar leader: Gunhard Weber. Certificate of advanced training in the system-phenomenological approach and family constellations; 004-EK, Institute of Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2010 Certificate of advanced training in structural constellations; 091/StR, Institute of Consulting and System Solutions, Moscow, 2010 11/15/2012 at Sophie Hellinger Bad Reichenhall Germany. Experience: 2008–2009 FAO GOU VPO Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, specialist in additional education programs. 2009 individual activity of a psychologist and constellator. In 2010–2011 led practice groups on systemic family constellations at a training group in Yekaterinburg from IKSR. Carries out individual and group work according to the method of systemic family, structural constellations and constellations of internal parts. Working with different themes and symptoms. Lyubov Denisova

It was easy for us to communicate with Lyubov Nikolaevna Denisova, Doctor of Historical Sciences. Firstly, both of us have roots in the Ustyuzhensky district of the Vologda region. Countrymen, in a word. Secondly, we have been exploring the village all my life - I am a journalist, she is a historian. The reason for the conversation was the book "Women of Russian Villages" written by her - about the rural women of Russia in the second half of the 20th century. Prior to this, Lyubov Nikolaevna wrote about the crisis of rural culture and the disappearing villages of Russia. We decided to continue the conversation about the women of the Russian village, but of ours, the 21st century.

- Lyubov Nikolaevna, let's sketch the image of a modern peasant woman.

This is a woman, as a rule, with a secondary or special education, patient, cheerful, persistent, middle-aged - probably closer to the pre-retirement age, resolute - takes responsibility for the whole family.

- Takes because there is no one else?

Yes, no one. She is most likely married, but the husband is not the head of the family, although he does not want to accept the second role.

- But, nevertheless, families in the countryside are much stronger than in the city, aren't they?

Again, because of the traditional attitude of a woman - she does not want to be alone. Because, firstly, this is a rumor, and secondly, an au pair is needed. They even say this: well, he doesn’t always drink. A drunkard is considered one who not only drinks, but also does not work. And if sometimes he brings a salary to the house and even helps with the housework, such men, the village considers, cannot be scattered.

Your book ends with the radical reforms of the 1990s. How has the image of a woman changed in the 21st century?

Farming failed. A woman is more and more inclined towards the family economy, but she still thinks of her economy in terms of large team- on a collective farm or state farm ...

I also noticed: the former collective farm or state farm now plays the role of a subsidiary farm for the family farmstead. Where there is always a tractor in hand, where you can get hold of hay, grain ...

And, besides, it is protection against some unforeseen circumstances - a crop failure there, an accident, an unpleasant event in the family. And the habit of living together, collectively.

And still it is necessary to teach children, and it is difficult now. You have to spin. And mostly due to farming.

According to statistics, more than 50 percent of the agricultural product in Russia is formed mainly due to the labor of women. Now men are also joining in this, because sometimes this is the only way to feed themselves.

Lyubov Nikolaevna, do you remember when in the huts the red corners were sealed with letters. It’s a sin to laugh at this, because it was warm. She works, she doesn’t sleep, she doesn’t know rest, she’s up to her waist in manure, her arms are twisted with rheumatism, her back doesn’t bend, and she thinks: okay, I’m working for the future of the country, for children. And suddenly perestroika, a spiritual vacuum. I noticed that at that time the number of drinking women in the village increased sharply.

Unfortunately, yes, but I still categorically disagree with the fact that women drink too much, although there is such an opinion. Because otherwise Agriculture would not exist at all.

Maybe there was such a short period. But she was the first to come out of it. Because she has a household, she has a husband. The cattle is not fed, not milked, the garden is not linen .... Well, liquidation public organizations. There is nowhere to realize oneself, except for the subsidiary farm. And there are no rewards for this work. But, nevertheless, the Russian woman did not lose optimism even in such conditions.

As they write to me in one of the letters, one should only hope for God and for oneself.

Or maybe the truth is that the woman, the successor of the clan, has always had this responsibility: I myself will be hungry, and I have to clothe, put on shoes, feed the children ... The village was almost always female. Wars, construction sites, organizational recruiting - the peasant was "blown out", that's why he was always appreciated. But there was also such a period: there were not enough brides.

Basically it was typical for the central non-chernozem village. Remember, a campaign was launched in the country: “I choose a village to live in.” Newspapers, radio, and television were connected. Women traveled with children and alone. Including to arrange your life. They worked as milkmaids, pigmen, rarely as specialists, got married, started a family. But there were also funny things. At that time, eight guys from the village of Sokolovka, Chelyabinsk Region, turned to us, they say, we are inviting brides to our place. Thousands responded, hundreds came. The practice of invitations is still alive today. I read a letter from women from the Kuban who are ready to accept any men, wash them, wash them, bring them to their senses, because they are tired of being alone. In the Penza region, on the contrary, guys invite girls: we don't drink, we work, we earn good money. Actions stopped, but the problem is not solved ...

- Now, judging by your research, the number of men and women in the village has become equal.

At working age, yes. And then the face of the village becomes female. In general, the Russian village is becoming old and feminine. And this process, unfortunately, is irreversible. The population of the country is dying out, and first of all the Russian village. And the reason is simple. Even having one child today is a great feat for many women. By the way, a new phenomenon has appeared: a woman goes to have a child out of wedlock, which has always been not only not typical for the village - it is condemned. And today the village even outstripped the city in this indicator: about 40 percent of illegitimate children. Which in the past, I repeat, was considered a disgrace. This also speaks of morality, as you understand, and that, in fact, there is no one to marry.

But another phenomenon is that women are increasingly taking over the management of the economy. Not only household, but also collective. And they do it pretty well. Did the peasant become unbearable, and the woman, out of habit, turned her shoulder?

So it was before, but they did not recognize it, and now they are forced to admit it.

- And small businesses in towns and villages ...

- … also in the hands of women.

- How can I explain this? Seems like money work. In the city markets, Caucasian men are very often ...

Well, it is traditionally not customary for a man to trade. Before collectivization, yes, and then a woman replaced him, but she was no longer the owner, but a seller, and this work was poorly paid. Because the woman quickly and got used to the market.

- Or maybe because they are more sober, less tempted?

And more confident, more responsible. At the first failures, a man will leave the race, and a woman will not give up the money invested, because her family is behind her.

With the collapse of the USSR, a stream of migrants from Transcaucasia and Central Asia poured into the Russian village. Their mentality, educational level, culture are different. They also, to one degree or another, define the face of the modern village...

It seems to me that the merging process still does not occur. They are not consolidated in any way. Moreover, conflict often arises. “Let's go! Cars, furniture, and even the state helps.” And, feeling the negative attitude of local residents towards themselves, they try to settle separately.

But in general, this is the traditional attitude of the village towards strangers. And maybe not because they came with money and cars, a lot depends on their behavior. If people with an open mind, if they perceive this village as their place of residence, and not as a transfer, the village will accept such people and help.

But in recent times there were also those who, living in the countryside, have neither a garden nor cattle. In the hut, rolling a ball, does not work anywhere, lives mainly by theft.

Unfortunately yes. But again, not women. It is not typical for them. But in general, I look at the Russian village and the Russian woman with great optimism.

What is your optimism based on?

Let's just say, from my own village experience. And judging by the fact that more than half of the agricultural product comes from subsidiary farming, things are not so bad. This is not a post-war village where there was nothing at all, and you had to harness yourself to the plow. It seems to me that with not so big government investments and under the condition of family farming, the village may well be revived. Maybe as an association of family farms. But the woman herself can no longer be further both a horse and a bull, as it was sung in a ditty. She must remain a woman.

From such an image - "there are women in Russian villages ..." - we must move away.

- Which one should you approach?

In 1993, American professor David Ransel interviewed women of different generations in the villages of the central regions of Russia. About family, marriage - about personal. And he published a book in America. Her conclusion is this: all Soviet historiography was wrong, dividing women into two camps - either she is completely downtrodden, she does not have her own voice, or Pasha Angelina. And this is a "simple Russian woman." And Ransel's book was interesting to America. Because a Russian woman is not like an American woman - there is no such thing as a peasant woman at all. But it does not look like a cliché that Soviet ideologists have been churning out for many years. So let's agree that the image of a Russian woman is not a dark mass, but it is not a politicized person either.

And the mysterious Russian soul? About which I write all the time, and which I always cross out of the text. But they don't say, mysterious French soul, do they? Where did this expression come from? The mysterious Russian soul, in my opinion, is precisely the female soul. Because it's only a Russian woman who can give up her seat to a drunk on a bus. Or take a downtrodden man into the house. Here, we must agree with the American Ransel, - and there is an eternal image of a Russian woman ...

Interviewed by Alexander Kalinin

Special for the Centenary