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First published in 1990 The World of the Russian Peasant is
designed to provide a wide-ranging survey of new developments in
Russian peasant studies. Editors Eklof and Frank paint a broad
picture of what life was like for the vast majority of Russia’s
population before 1917. Individual authors treat the intricacies of
the village community and peasant commune, social structure, the
everyday life and labour of peasant women, the impact of migration,
the spread of education, and peasant art, religion, justice, and
politics. The result is a portrait of a people greatly influenced
by rapid and radical changes in the world yet seeking to maintain
control over their lives and their communities. This is a must read
for students of Russian history, Russian peasantry and rural
sociology.
This book is crucial to understanding Russian educational reform
efforts since 1984. It describes the radical reform philosophy and
program first published in Teachers' Gazette in 1988, which serve
as the operative legislation for all secondary schools.
In writing this book I incurred a number of debts, which I now
gratefully acknowledge. During a year at the Kennan Institute for
Advanced Russian Studies in the Wilson Center of the Smithsonian
Institution, I attended many seminars and discussions on current
events. In one way or another the ideas, information, and debates
that took place during my stay contributed to my opinions and
shaped the direction of my research; unfortunately I cannot list
all the names of those from whom I benefited. The Kennan Institute
itself provided a stimulating and supportive environment for my
work. I am especially thankful to Peter Reddaway and Ted Taranovski
for all they have done.
Framed by an introductory essay by Ben Ekiof, the translated
documents in this volume are crucial to understanding Russian
educational reform efforts. These primary sources, based on
previously unpublished statistical data and public opinion surveys,
depict current conditions in Russia's schools. Reflecting the
approach of the leading historian of education Edward Dneprov-now
the powerful minister of education serving under Boris Yeltsin-the
documents describe the radical reform philosophy and program first
published in Teachers' Gazette in 1988, which now serve as the
operative legislation for all secondary schools. The VNIK
(Temporary Scientific Research Collective on the Schools) reform
movement is a fascinating microcosm of perestroika in terms of
goals, mobilization, and the complicated, painful process of
implementation. This unique glimpse into Russian education in a
period of turmoil will interest all those who follow Russian
politics and society.
This volume consists of a collection of essays devoted to study of
the most recent educational reform in Russia. In his first decree
Boris Yeltsin proclaimed education a top priority of state policy.
Yet the economic decline which accompanied the collapse of the
Soviet Union dealt a crippling blow to reformist aspirations, and
to the existing school system itself. The public lost faith in
school reform and by the mid-1990s a reaction had set in.
Nevertheless, large-scale changes have been effected in finance,
structure, governance and curricula. At the same time, there has
been a renewed and widespread appreciation for the positive aspects
of the Soviet legacy in schooling. The essays presented here
compare current educational reform to reforms of the past, analyze
it in a broader cultural, political and social context, and study
the shifts that have occurred at the different levels of schooling
'from political decision-making and changes in school
administration to the rewriting textbooks and teachers' everyday
problems. The authors are both Russian educators, who have played a
leading role in implementation of the reform, and Western scholars,
who have been studying it from its very early stages. Together,
they formulate an intricate but cohesive picture, which is in
keeping with the complex nature of the reform itself. Contributors:
Kara Brown, (Indiana University) * Ben Eklof (Indiana University) *
Isak D. Froumin, (World Bank, Moscow) * Larry E. Holmes (University
of South Alabama) * Igor Ionov, (Russian History Institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences) * Viacheslav Karpov & Elena
Lisovskaya, (Western Michigan University) * Vera Kaplan, (Tel Aviv
University) * Stephen T. Kerr, (University of Washington) * James
Muckle, (University of Nottingham) * Nadya Peterson, (Hunter
College) * Scott Seregny, (Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis) * Alexander Shevyrev, (Moscow State University) *
Janet G. Vaillant, (Harvard University)
This volume consists of a collection of essays devoted to study of
the most recent educational reform in Russia. In his first decree
Boris Yeltsin proclaimed education a top priority of state policy.
Yet the economic decline which accompanied the collapse of the
Soviet Union dealt a crippling blow to reformist aspirations, and
to the existing school system itself. The public lost faith in
school reform and by the mid-1990s a reaction had set in.
Nevertheless, large-scale changes have been effected in finance,
structure, governance and curricula. At the same time, there has
been a renewed and widespread appreciation for the positive aspects
of the Soviet legacy in schooling. The essays presented here
compare current educational reform to reforms of the past, analyze
it in a broader cultural, political and social context, and study
the shifts that have occurred at the different levels of schooling
'from political decision-making and changes in school
administration to the rewriting textbooks and teachers' everyday
problems. The authors are both Russian educators, who have played a
leading role in implementation of the reform, and Western scholars,
who have been studying it from its very early stages. Together,
they formulate an intricate but cohesive picture, which is in
keeping with the complex nature of the reform itself. Contributors:
Kara Brown, (Indiana University) * Ben Eklof (Indiana University) *
Isak D. Froumin, (World Bank, Moscow) * Larry E. Holmes (University
of South Alabama) * Igor Ionov, (Russian History Institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences) * Viacheslav Karpov & Elena
Lisovskaya, (Western Michigan University) * Vera Kaplan, (Tel Aviv
University) * Stephen T. Kerr, (University of Washington) * James
Muckle, (University of Nottingham) * Nadya Peterson, (Hunter
College) * Scott Seregny, (Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis) * Alexander Shevyrev, (Moscow State University) *
Janet G. Vaillant, (Harvard University)
Nikolai Charushin's memoirs of his experience as a member of the
revolutionary populist movement in Russia are familiar to
historians, but A Generation of Revolutionaries provides a
broader and more engaging look at the lives and relationships
beyond these memoirs. It shows how, after years of
incarceration, Charushin and friends thrived in Siberian exile,
raising children and contributing to science and culture there.
While Charushin's memoirs end with his return to European Russia,
this sweeping biography follows this group as they engaged in
Russia's fin de siècle society, took part in the 1917 revolution,
and struggled in its aftermath. Â A Generation of
Revolutionaries provides vibrant and deeply personal insights into
the turbulent history of Russia from the Great Reforms to the era
of Stalinism and beyond. In doing so, it tells the story of a
remarkable circle of friends whose lives balanced love, family and
career with exile, imprisonment, and revolution.
Nikolai Charushin's memoirs of his experience as a member of the
revolutionary populist movement in Russia are familiar to
historians, but A Generation of Revolutionaries provides a broader
and more engaging look at the lives and relationships beyond these
memoirs. It shows how, after years of incarceration, Charushin and
friends thrived in Siberian exile, raising children and
contributing to science and culture there. While Charushin's
memoirs end with his return to European Russia, this sweeping
biography follows this group as they engaged in Russia's fin de
siecle society, took part in the 1917 revolution, and struggled in
its aftermath. A Generation of Revolutionaries provides vibrant and
deeply personal insights into the turbulent history of Russia from
the Great Reforms to the era of Stalinism and beyond. In doing so,
it tells the story of a remarkable circle of friends whose lives
balanced love, family and career with exile, imprisonment, and
revolution.
" The book] succeeds remarkably in providing a multifaceted, yet
interconnected, analysis of this signal era of modern Russian
history and it is heartily recommended." The Historian
This volume, the work of an international group of scholars that
includes historians from Russia, maps out the major landmarks in
the conceptualization and implementation of the Great Reforms
during the reign of Alexander II and proposes a variety of
perspectives from which to view them."
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