As for women under Lenin’s rule it was easier to get a divorce and an abortion but Stalin changed all this by making divorce illegal in 1936 to protect motherhood and childhood. Despite this he still opened up more opportunities for women by allowing them to work in factories and he actually made it easier for women to work as he opened up child-care centres. As for the education system which had a major impact on the modernisation of Russia, Stalin made education compulsory as every child was allowed to have at least 9 years of free education which increased literacy rates. This was because Stalin wanted to be valued as the ‘father of the people’ and although he was feared he wanted to gain the loyalty of the youth and to do so he emphasised
