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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2025. Vol 51

“School of Practical Communism”: Student Dormitories in the 1920s

Author(s)
I. V. Sidorchuk
Abstract
The student dormitory of the 1920s is considered as a space of everyday life, which had an important influence on Soviet students. It is concluded that it contributed to the formation of a system of daily practices that were not voluntary, but forced or imposed. Ideally, it should become a place of celebration of the ideals of collectivism, which, despite attempts to solve numerous problems, became a symbol of total social disorder and a school of survival for young people.
About the Authors
Sidorchuk Ilya Viktorovich, Professor, Doctor of History, Higher School of International Relations, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 29B, Polytechnicheskaya st., St. Petersburg, 195251, Russian Federation, e-mail: chubber@yandex.ru
For citation
Sidorchuk I.V. “School of Practical Communism”: Student Dormitories in the 1920s. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2025, vol. 51, pp. 65-72. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.51.65 (in Russian)
Keywords
history of everyday life, dormitories, new economic policy, students, history of higher education.
UDC
371.87(47)(091)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.51.65
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