Fighting Illiteracy and Political Enlightenment: Soviet Educational Policies in the 1920s

Diana Toimbek

doi:10.1007/978-981-99-8517-3_2

Fighting Illiteracy and Political Enlightenment: Soviet Educational Policies in the 1920s

Diana Toimbek

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The chapter explores how the education system in early Soviet Kazakhstan reflected the policies intended to develop Soviet citizenry. The methodology is archival research on analyzing primary sources of protocols, decrees, and acts in the educational sphere. I argue that the main political and socio-economic initiatives driven by the Soviet administration in the 1920s shaped the ideas expressed in the educational policy documents. Moreover, by placing the Marxist-Leninist philosophy through ideological indoctrination and “political enlightenment” of mass consciousness in educational establishments, the early Soviet educational initiatives left a lasting and profound legacy in legitimizing the Communist Party’s right to rule and training citizens loyal to the new regime.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Political Economy of Education in Central Asia: Evidence from the Field
Publisher	Springer Nature, Singapore
Chapter	2
Pages	19-36
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-99-8517-3
ISBN (Print)	978-981-99-8516-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8517-3_2
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 4 Feb 2024

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Fighting Illiteracy and Political Enlightenment: Soviet Educational Policies in the 1920s

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The PEER Network Book Launching Event to mark the publication of their book entitled “The Political Economy of Education in Central Asia”.

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the PEER Network Central Asia hub Research Dissemination Workshop

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The PEER Network Book Launching Event to mark the publication of their book entitled “The Political Economy of Education in Central Asia”.

The 2023 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) annual conference

the PEER Network Central Asia hub Research Dissemination Workshop

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