Gender on Urániahttps://urania.institute/en/tags/gender/Recent content in Gender on UrániaHugoen-usWed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000Polmuzhichye and Razmuzhichye in the Russian North: A History of Female Masculinityhttps://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/russian-queer-history/polmuzhichye-i-razmuzhichye/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://urania.institute/en/posts/courses/russian-queer-history/polmuzhichye-i-razmuzhichye/<p>&ldquo;Polmuzhichye&rdquo; and &ldquo;razmuzhichye&rdquo; – this is how northern Russian villages referred to women who took on men&rsquo;s work, wore men&rsquo;s clothes, and behaved emphatically &ldquo;like men.&rdquo;</p>