STATIONS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF ILLITERACY IN THE TUVA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

Abstract

In the article, the author examines the issues related to the elimination of illiteracy in the Tuva People’s Republic (TNR) in the 30s of the twentieth century, using the example of stations for the elimination of illiteracy. On the basis of archival materials from the Central State Archives of the Republic of Tuva, the author studies what tasks they faced, what disciplines were compulsory for study, for how long the stations taught and whom they taught. The author concludes that the first stations for the elimination of illiteracy played a large role in teaching literacy to the local population from 16 to 40 years old. The teachers helped the students not only to master the basics of literacy (read, write and count), but carried out a great educational work in political classes, which were 2 hours in the first month and 4 hours in the following months of the studies.