The Soviet School System during Nazi Occupation (1941–1944)

Abstract

The article explores Soviet schooling in the occupied territory of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. The author considers such issues as the reduction in the number of schools, changes in curricular content, and problems in the organization of schooling and the work of teachers. The article notes the effects of various factors on the educational situation in the different regions of the USSR during the Nazi occupation.

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English translation © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, from the Russian text © 2015 “Otechestvennaia i zarubezhnaia pedagogika.” “Sovetskaia shkola v usloviiakh natsistskoi okkupatsii (1941–1944),” Otechestvennaia i zarubezhnaia pedagogika, 2015, no. 2(23), pp. 40–50. Evgeny Fedorovich Krinko, doctor of historical sciences, is a Director at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Humanities of the Southern Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences; E-mail: [email protected]. Translated by Kenneth Cargill.

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Funding

This article was prepared under the topic “Historical Forms and Modern Operating Methods of Sociocultural Institutions in the South of Russia” (basic state funding, state registration No. 01201368164).