Izvestiya of Saratov University.
History. International Relations
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)

higher education

German Communist University – German Higher Communist Agricultural School named after J. V. Stalin of the Lower Volga region, 1931–1939

The article examines the history of the German Communist University named after I. V. Stalin (from 1932 – the German Higher Communist Agricultural School), the only national managerial higher educational institution in the Lower Volga region, which existed between 1931 and 1939. The stages of its establishment, organizational structure, goals, and objectives in training party, Soviet, and agricultural personnel for the German autonomous region and other national districts of the USSR are investigated.

The experience of organizing the practical training of students at universities in Donetsk during the “Khrushchev thaw”

Using the example of Donetsk (Stalino) universities (pedagogical, industrial and medical institutes), the article examines the system of organizing students’ industrial practice and the specifics of its implementation in 1953–1964. The changes that occur in this type of training of specialists of various profiles after the introduction of the Law “On strengthening the connection of schools with life and the further development of the national education system in the country”, adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on December 24, 1958, are highlighted.