Contribution of the Council for assistance to the Museum of the Great October Socialist Revolution to the education of schoolchildren in the late 1950s – early 1970s.

Relevance. The cognitive capabilities of the museum and its educational potential are in renewed demand in Russian society at the present stage. The attention of researchers is attracted by the aspect of the museum's targeted action on recipients of socio–cultural experience. Museum visitors are primarily young people. Another important problem is the participation of the society itself in the process of implementing the museum's functions. It is advisable to refer to the Soviet experience of involving public structures in the process of realizing the educational possibilities of the museum.

The purpose of the work is to reveal the contribution of the Council of Assistance of the State Museum of the Great October Socialist Revolution to the process of educating schoolchildren in the late 1950s and early 1970s.

Objectives: to study the history of creation, structure, mechanism of implementation of the functions of the Council of Assistance, to identify the forms of the Council's work with schoolchildren.

Methodology. System-structural and chronological methods were used in the work.

Results. Traces the history of the creation of the museum's public asset - the Assistance Council. The structure, composition of the Assistance Council, the contribution of the old Bolsheviks of Leningrad to the development of the Museum of the Revolution are revealed. The forms of the Assistance Council's activities with schoolchildren are studied as the most important means of implementing the educational function of the Soviet museum in the late 1950s - early 1970s.

Conclusion. The activities of the Assistance Council were the most valuable addition and means of expanding the range of exhibitions and expositions in the Museum of the Revolution. The members of the Council had the necessary potential, knowledge, and desire to use the latter for the benefit of society by interacting with young people. The members of the Assistance Council carried out indirect and direct communication with schoolchildren. Historical memory was formed in young people in the course of communication; also, a sense of patriotism and pride in their country and people were fostered. Interaction with eyewitnesses of historical events made it possible to form personal knowledge, the attitude of schoolchildren to the historical past, a sense of respect for the older generation.

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