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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». 2026. Vol 55

Schools for Peasant Youth: The Experience of Implementing State Policy in the Field of Advanced Rural General Education Schools in the Urals in the 1920s and Early 1930s

Author(s)

M. V. Popov, N. L. Savin, I. L. Bakhtina

Ural State Pedagogical University, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation

Abstract
This article examines the formation and development of a network of advanced rural general education schools in the Ural Region in the 1920s and early 1930s. The network, facilities, staffing, and curriculum are examined. Schools for peasant youth are assessed as the primary type of general education institution in rural areas, providing basic agricultural knowledge in addition to general education. The authors evaluate schools for peasant youth not only as general educational institutions but also as a stronghold of ideological work among peasant youth. The reasons for the return to traditional general education schooling in the mid-1930s are cited.
About the Authors

Popov Mikhail Valerievich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Ural State Pedagogical University 26, Kosmonavtov ave., Ekaterinburg, 620091, Russian Federation e-mail: m-v-popov@yandex.ru 

Savin Nikita Leonidovich, Postgraduate Ural State Pedagogical University 26, Kosmonavtov ave., Ekaterinburg, 620091, Russian Federation e-mail: savin.nikita1234@yandex.ru 

Bakhtina Irina Leonidovna, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor Ural State Pedagogical University 26, Kosmonavtov ave., Ekaterinburg, 620091, Russian Federation e-mail: bahtina@uspu.ru

For citation
For citation: Popov M.V., Savin N.L., Bakhtina I.L. Schools for Peasant Youth: The Experience of Implementing State Policy in the Field of Advanced Rural General Education Schools in the Urals in the 1920s and Early 1930s. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2026, vol. 55, pp. 64-75. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.64 (in Russian)
Keywords
general education schools, advanced schools, government policy, seven-year universal education, polytechnicization of education, forced modernization, Ural Region, vocational focus, peasant youth, agricultural training, communist ideology.
UDC
94(470.5).084.5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.55.64
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