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Russische vrouwen op bezoek (Russian women visiting)

Russian women visiting for the Gerwani congress

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De Vrije Pers item (6 Apr 1954), citing Suluh Indonesia: three Soviet women (A. Kholopova of Moscow University, a poetess and a translator) arrived in Jakarta to attend the Gerwani congress and gave a talk on women's position in the USSR; the paper remarks they wore no lipstick and simple dresses.

Berita De Vrije Pers (6 April 1954), mengutip Suluh Indonesia: tiga perempuan Soviet (A. Kholopova dari Universitas Moskow, seorang penyair dan seorang penerjemah) tiba di Jakarta menghadiri kongres Gerwani dan berceramah tentang kedudukan perempuan di Uni Soviet; surat kabar mencatat mereka tak memakai lipstik dan berbusana sederhana.

“Three Russian women arrived in Jakarta to attend the congress of the Indonesian women's organisation "Gerwani" and spoke on the position and rights of women in the Soviet Union.”

People

Alexandra KholopovaK. SowilyowaT. Gerinewa

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Moscow State University

Places

JakartaMoscowSoviet Union

Events

Second Gerwis Congress: renaming to Gerwani

Topics

Gerwani organisationUSSR and Eastern EuropeWIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetings

Tags

delegation visit

Details

Date
1954-04-06
Creator
De Vrije Pers
Publication
De Vrije Pers
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Vrije Pers (1954-04-06) - Russische vrouwen op bezoek [Delpher ddd-011209066-a0005].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.835) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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