Examines the historical development of the relationship between Soviet education and the outside world; communist countries, developing nations, and Western nations. Examines regional influences; influences of the educational theories of the revolution; Soviet criticism of Western educational theories as well as the international debit and credit…

Describes the physical education program in elementary schools in the U.S.S.R. as well as special schools available for intensive training in various sports. (ST)

THIRTY TEACHERS OF RUSSIAN FROM THE UNITED STATES PARTICIPATED IN THE 1966 NDEA (NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT) INSTITUTE SPONSORED BY INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN THE SOVIET UNION. THE PROGRAM OF 5 WEEKS OF INTENSIVE STUDY ON CAMPUS FOLLOWED BY 5 WEEKS OF TRAVEL IN THE SOVIET UNION OFFERED PARTICIPANTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE…

By focusing on goegraphy, music, art, and literature, one teacher teaches her students about the history of Russian culture without having to fight student predjudice against the Soviet government. (PGD)

An essay of personal impressions of a Soviet society uneasily clinging to its small new freedoms. (Author)

This document, which contains over 500 citations, has as its main emphasis Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. It is divided into the following main sections: 1) The Ideology and Nature of Communism; 2) International Communication; 3) The Soviet Union, with sections on its people and land, historical background and the formation of the U.S.S.R.; 4)…

Global tensions necessitate increased understanding of the Soviet Union by Americans. Educators can help by convincing their professional organizations to support activities aimed at increasing the availability of information and by making sure that local efforts to provide information to students are clearly unbiased and are purely educational in…

During and after World War II, "trophy commissions" organized the systematic removal of German library holdings and art to Soviet libraries, archives, and museums. Discusses the organized transfer of cultural property, motives for transfer, German property in Russia today, and suggests that Germans and Russians should aid each other in…

Moscow State University (MGU) is the central, most prestigious institution of higher learning in the USSR. It is also a microcosm of the Soviet System, and caters to its restrictions, to the detriment of the academic disciplines. (Author)

During the summer of 1984, 30 speech communication professors and their spouses visited Shanghai, Beijing, Moscow, and Leningrad, spending three or four days in each city. In each of the four communist cities, they met with professors and administrators for long briefings and discussions about communication. One of the first things the Americans…

Having limited accurate knowledge about the Soviet Union, this article provides U.S. teachers with information about the selection and location of resources for teaching about the USSR. Relevant information can be summarized in the classroom by using resources for students; Soviet source materials; reference materials for teachers; and information…

Outlines and evaluates a one semester interdisciplinary program in which students at California State College, Stanislaus, were taught Soviet economics, literature, geography, government, and foreign policy. (Author/DB)

From the first years of its existence, the Petersburg Academy of Sciences was tied by thousands of visible and invisible threads to the growth of spiritual culture and to the increase in the intellectual potential of the people. (Author)

The primary reason the United States continues to spend billions of dollars on the arms race is that fears the Soviet Union. This fear is based on lack of understanding that is reinforced by lack of educational exchange programs and language programs. This lack of international insight also dramatically affects the U.S. ability to compete…