1: Introduction.- 2: Russian Early Period of Sociology: Predecessors and First Professionals.- 3: Russian sociology in the 1920s-mid-1950s: Beginning of Soviet Sociology.- 4: Revival, Partial Institutionalization, Stagnation and Final Recognition of Soviet Sociology.- 5: From Soviet Sociology to Scientific Discipline.- 6: Gender Studies: the Novelty at the Russian Academic Scene.- 7: Whither Russian Sociology? Problems and Prospects.- 8: Conclusion.
Larissa Titarenko is Professor of Sociology at Belarusian State University, Belarus.
Elena Zdravomyslova is Professor at European University at St. Petersburg, Russia.