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"Kindheit als Privileg: Bildungsideale und Erziehungspraktiken in Russland (1750–1920)" is a German-language monograph by Katharina Kucher that explores the history of childhood in Russia from the mid-eighteenth century to the 1920s. The book examines the interconnectedness of childhood and Russian society, focusing on privileged childhoods in the first part and including other social strata in the second part. Kucher argues that childhood is a structural feature of society and analyzes visual sources, individual childhoods, and educational notions and practices. The book also discusses the influence of European pedagogical ideas and practices, the transformation of children's perception, and the impact of the Russian Revolution on childhood. While the book could have highlighted children's experiences and voices more, it provides valuable insights into the study of childhood in Central and Eastern Europe. [Extracted from the article]

This article focuses on the emerging institutional protection for Hungary's "abandoned" children around the turn of the 20th century. It engages with the shift from private philanthropic to state interventions on behalf of the socalled "illegitimate" children, meaning children who were born out of wedlock and/or had been abandoned. It scrutinizes the formulation of legislation targeting the protection of this particularly vulnerable group of children and the establishment of a specialized institutional infrastructure comprising child asylums and a foster system to provide care for these children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]