RESTORATION OF THE DONBASS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
NETWORK IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD (1943–1954)
The article is devoted to the peculiarities pointed out in the process of restoration of universities network, vocational and comprehensive schools in the post-war period, namely, the legislative activity in the educational field, the revival of the educational and technical base, recruitment of the teaching staff. The importance of a comprehensive research of the period under the study is vital due to the social and political events and their impact on the revival and development of the Donbass region, as well as the USSR as a whole. Teachers and pupils of schools, professors and students of secondary and higher educational institutions began to restore the educational institutions immediately after the Donbass liberation from the Nazis in 1943. In the first post-war year, due to common efforts, it was possible to resume the educational process almost in all educational institutions. In connection with the law «On Compulsory Education for Children from the Age of Seven», the educational system was given a task to cover all school-age children and adolescents who had not attended school for several years because of hostilities and occupation. Consequently, every month the number of students increased, which led to an acute shortage of teaching staff. This problem was insoluble, since many teachers continued to serve in the Red Army or died while doing military duties to the Motherland. In restoration of the regional industry there was need for highly qualified personnel, who were able to fill the reviving Donbass enterprises thanks to the well-established work of secondary and higher vocational educational institutions. In disclosing the topic, a special place is given to archival sources, the analysis of which made it possible to comprehensively study the problematic issues of that period and determine future prospects of the research.