M. A. Iasilli

M.A. Iasilli, Ph.D. is a political scientist, historian, and writer. His current research focuses on Nadezhda Krupskaya and the creation of “Soviet” national community. Iasilli explores the intersectional tendency between “the woman question” and “the national question” by considering the role of education in the early revolutionary period of Russia et al., late nineteenth century into the twentieth century. Krupskaya’s revolutionary contributions to education redefined civic purpose and reshaped social understanding between workers and peasants. Moreover, already shifting attitudes in gender norms carved out space for Russian women to radically inform national development efforts in ways that engaged identity and prompted rethinking in culture. Krupskaya was a key figure who emerged from this landscape to help build the state through the reinvention of populist ideas and established new definitions of culture for youth and future generations.