Fun Fact: Ever heard of night classes? Workers in Bolshevik Russia were offered institutes to prepare for higher education. A bit like night school!
Education & Propaganda
1919 Party Programme: Schools = Communist transformation instrument.
Real-world example: Imagine if schools today were used as tools for political agendas. Kind of like if all your subjects were about one political party's ideas
Lunacharsky's Touch
Wanted broad education + hands-on learning.
Relaxed discipline, project work over exams.
Real-world example: Ever worked on a group project? That’s Lunacharsky’s vision - learning by doing!
Literacy Rates
Between 1920-1926: 5 mil people in European Russia educated.
1926: 51% literate vs. 43% in 1917.
Did you know? That’s like if in just 6 years, the number of people in a country as large as Russia who could read and write grew by a whole 8%!
Problems
Teachers unfamiliar with Lunacharsky’s methods.
Limited resources = Not all kids got free universal education up to 17.
NEP period: Many kids left school.
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Chapter 32 - The Soviet Union - 1918-1929 (European States)
Fun Fact: Ever heard of night classes? Workers in Bolshevik Russia were offered institutes to prepare for higher education. A bit like night school!
Education & Propaganda
1919 Party Programme: Schools = Communist transformation instrument.
Real-world example: Imagine if schools today were used as tools for political agendas. Kind of like if all your subjects were about one political party's ideas
Lunacharsky's Touch
Wanted broad education + hands-on learning.
Relaxed discipline, project work over exams.
Real-world example: Ever worked on a group project? That’s Lunacharsky’s vision - learning by doing!
Literacy Rates
Between 1920-1926: 5 mil people in European Russia educated.
1926: 51% literate vs. 43% in 1917.
Did you know? That’s like if in just 6 years, the number of people in a country as large as Russia who could read and write grew by a whole 8%!
Problems
Teachers unfamiliar with Lunacharsky’s methods.
Limited resources = Not all kids got free universal education up to 17.
NEP period: Many kids left school.
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Dive deeper and gain exclusive access to premium files of History HL. Subscribe now and get closer to that 45 🌟