Implementation of the Tasks of the Instructor Apparatus in the Education System in Russia 1919-1921 (on the Example of Kursk Province)

The relevance of the article stems from the importance of studying the tasks of the instructor’s apparatus in the system of education in Russia 1919-1921. which have not been examined in sufficient depth. The author’s coverage of the problem was based on the materials of the State Archive of the Kursk region, which allowed, on the one hand, to highlight the national tasks, on the other, to consider those that were solved at the regional level. In addition to the theoretical significance, the article is relevant from a practical point of view, since the reform of the education system in Russia is ongoing, and the experience of the instructor’s apparatus centuries ago can be used creatively.
The article is purpose at determining the tasks by the instructor’s apparatus of schools in 1919 - 1921 in Russia on the example of the Kursk province.
The objectives of the study are defined by the goal and are to: to determine the features of the training staff of schools in the first years of the Soviet power; to analyze tasks assigned to the instructors; to allocate national and "local" train the trainer areas.
The methodology of the article is based on the principles of historism, objectivity and system, due to which the tasks of the instructor’s apparatus in the system of education in Russia 1919-1921 got their own voluminous, deep lighting.
Result. After the establishment of Soviet power in Russia, a new system of education is formed. The instructions and directives of the new authorities required extensive outreach by the instructor. The activity of the instructors was ideological, providing the state authority with the introduction of the principles of building socialism.
Conclusions. The study showed that the instructor’s peculiarity was his supervisory system of education activities. The instructors supervised the work of all educational institutions in Russia, in addition to the instructors' task was educational work aimed at the establishment of a socialist school, deepening of labor education, Inclusion of the younger generation in the building of a just socialist society. In the Kursk Governorate, which was a typical territory of Central Russia, instructors solved the above-mentioned tasks, in most cases they acted according to instructions issued from above, few of the instructors showed initiative. The instructor assigned to each county carried out the tasks of organizing Soviet education in accordance with the normative documents of the state authority. Interference in the teaching process by instructors often stifled the initiative of creative teachers and prevented students from realizing their full potential.

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