Slezin, A. A. Political Education of the Youth in the 1920th as a Link in the Chain of the Political Control

Abstract: The system of the political education of the Soviet youth in the 1920th is viewed as a form of political control. It is concluded that it was quite an effective way to realize certain functions of political control through political education. On the other hand, such a system was aimed at strengthening totalitarian features of the Soviet power. Soviet political education did not give as much knowledge on politics as forced to express commitment to the Soviet political system. In its turn, the system of political education did not check one’s political beliefs as much as simply copied the normative political behavior.

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