Abstract: Since the mid-1980s, the contemporary Russian women writers' writings have presented three different dimensions. A look at these dimensions will help us not only probe deeply into the general characteristics in these women's writings regarding their representation of issues like gender consciousness, sexual relations, women's identity, and gender roles, but also epitomize the developments and changes of women's writings in the context of the Russian literature during the past 30 years. Roughly speaking, the contemporary Russian women's writing has gone through a developmental process, transitioning from putting forth a “Feminist” standpoint that calls for a revolt against male dominance to producing “feminine” writings that express women's desires and creating “gender-neutral” narratives that go beyond gender politics. Such a developing course is by no means a simple linear process; instead, it is full of various changes and transformations, even intersections and overlaps. The contemporary Russian women writers are affliated with the three dimensions respectively, and some are even affliated with multiple dimensions simultaneously. By calling for a confrontation with the patriarchal world, they express their gener desires, change people's traditional concepts of femininity and gender through feminine writings, and, ultimately, create the gender-neutral literary narratives to showcase their self-confidence and fulfill their self-identity, hence verifying the powerful existence of the contemporary women's literature in Russia.

Key words: contemporary Russian women's writing, gender consciousness, sexual relations, female identity