In this article, we look at how the family policy of the Soviet government was formed after the October Revolution and during the difficult years of the Civil war. The author demonstrates that in the context of the revolutionary changes the priority of this policy was to nationalize the sphere of family relations. An analysis is performed of the most important family policy measures implemented by the new government (the establishment of secular marriage procedures, the introduction of women’s benefits, gender equality, etc.). Some controversial aspects of this policy (the establishment of the principle of separation of marital property, the abolition of the institution of adoption, the intention to exclude the Church from the sphere of family life, education, etc.) are also examined.
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