RUDN Journal of Russian HistoryRUDN Journal of Russian HistoryВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: История России2312-86742312-8690Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)5088010.22363/2312-8674-2026-25-2-356-372MJFMPPHISTORY OF RUSSIAN CULTUREСОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНАЯ ИСТОРИЯ НАРОДОВ РОССИИResearch ArticleRole of the Communist University of Workers of the East in Training Managers for the RSFSR Autonomous Regions during the 1920sРоль Коммунистического университета трудящихся Востока в подготовке управленцев для автономий РСФСР в 1920-е годы5525-3738AmanzholovaDina A.АманжоловаДина Ахметжановна

Habil. Hist., Professor, Chief Researcher

доктор исторических наук, профессор, главный научный сотрудник

amanzholova19@mail.ruInstitute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of SciencesИнститут российской истории РАН30062026252FAR EASTERN CROSS-BORDER OF RUSSIAДАЛЬНЕВОСТОЧНОЕ ТРАНСГРАНИЧЬЕ РОССИИ35637229062026Copyright ©; 2026, Amanzholova D.A.Copyright ©; 2026, Аманжолова Д.А.2026Amanzholova D.A.Аманжолова Д.А.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/50880

The author examines the activities of the Communist University of Workers of the East (KUTV) at the initial stage of its establishment and development as a leading party university. The purpose of the article is to analyze the organization of the educational process, the content and features of the general education of the party nomenclature of the national regions of the largest Union republic - the RSFSR. Based on the newly identified documents and materials, the author highlights the problems of student admission, their national composition in the 1920s, and the approaches of the university staff to determining the content and methods of education, taking into account the level of training of representatives of different nationalities. Through their research, they found that the difficulties of the KUTV work were also associated with the need to take significant measures for improving students’ health and organization of everyday life. They also show the contribution of the university to the socialization of people from different ethnocultural regions, and their provision, nutrition, and education. Their conclusion is that the KUTV was a key link of party education in ensuring indigenization and provision of the management system with trained specialists, as well as the formation of ethnic elite is an important subject in to nation-building and Soviet transformations.

Исследуется деятельность Коммунистического университета трудящихся Востока (КУТВ) на начальном этапе его становления и развития как ведущего партийного вуза. Целью статьи является анализ организации учебного и воспитательного процесса, содержания и особенностей общеобразовательной подготовки партийной номенклатуры национальных регионов крупнейшей союзной республики - РСФСР. На основе вновь выявленных документов и материалов освещаются проблемы набора студентов, их национальный состав в 1920-е гг., подходы сотрудников вуза к определению содержания и методов обучения с учетом уровня подготовки направленных на обучение представителей разных национальностей. Установлено, что сложности работы КУТВ были также связаны с необходимостью принятия существенных мер по оздоровлению, организации быта и повседневной жизни студентов. Показан вклад вуза в социализацию выходцев из разных этнокультурных регионов, их обеспечение, питание, воспитание. Делается вывод о существенном вкладе КУТВ в качестве ключевого звена партийного образования в обеспечение коренизации и насыщение системы управления подготовленными специалистами, а также формирование этноэлиты как важного субъекта нациестроительства и советских преобразований.

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