Sex on the front: prostitution and venereal disease in Russia’s First World War

Hearne, Siobhan (2017) Sex on the front: prostitution and venereal disease in Russia’s First World War. Revolutionary Russia . ISSN 1743-7873

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Abstract

Prostitution flourished during Russia’s First World War. Mass mobilisation and the displacement of millions of the empire’s population challenged the tsarist state’s ability to control both the movement and bodies of those buying and selling sex. In light of this, military and medical authorities shifted their attention more directly onto regulating men's bodies. Wartime social turmoil also increased the visibility of prostitution, which saw many enlisted men lament the apparent ‘moral decline’ that they witnessed on the front. This article examines how the tsarist authorities grappled to control the bodies of its populace on Russia's western front, and how the conflict had an impact upon ideas of morality and sexuality.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/859244
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Revolutionary Russia on 03.05.2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09546545.2017.1317093
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of Humanities > Department of History
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/09546545.2017.1317093
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 28 Apr 2017 14:54
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:44
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/42414

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