REPRESSIONS AGAINST TEACHERS OF MYKOLAIV REGION IN 1936-1938 (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE ARCHIVAL CRIMINAL CASE OF VASILY SEVERIN)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54662/veresen.4.2021.09Abstract
With the historiographic base and archival criminal case of the repressed teacher Vasily Severin, the article analyzes the key aspects of the repressive policy against the teachers of Mykolaiv region in 1936–1938. The mechanisms and ideological principles of the state terror policy against teachers are reflected. The falsification of criminal cases by punitive bodies in the context of exposing the so-called «anti-Soviet nationalist organizations» are shown. Based on the case of Vasily Severin, it is proved that the key purpose of the repression was the destruction of potential or real ideological opponents of the regime, the destruction of the national component of that public education, the establishment of total control over society in all spheres of social and political life. As a result of the conducted research, it is proved that the dominant principle of the Soviet state system was the doctrine of «class struggle», within which the successes of Soviet society in building socialism provoked resistance from internal and external enemies who flooded the country with various kinds of «spies», «anti-Soviet» and «wrecking element». The Ukrainian intelligentsia, particularly teachers were accused of «bourgeois nationalism». Under these slogans, a large-scale «purge» of educational, scientific, and creative institutions of Mykolaiv region was carried out, which claimed the lives of hundreds of citizens.
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