Социально-политические трансформации хрущевской «оттепели» (на материалах комитета комсомола Томского государственного университета 1956—1957 гг.)

Abstract

The article attempts to characterize the socio-political activity of young people during the early “thaw” on the basis of the activities of the Komsomol Committee of Tomsk State University. The main practices of political and educational work of Komsomol in relation to student youth are considered. The source base of the study was the funds of the Center of Documentation of the Latest History of the Tomsk Region, periodical materials — the university newspaper “For Soviet Science”, the printed organ of the Tomsk Regional Committee of the Komsomol “Young Leninist”, as well as oral history materials. It was concluded that with the beginning of the “thaw”, the introduction of new attitudes into the educational process, in particular the rejection of dogmatism in teaching social sciences, stimulated the Komsomol activists to search for new forms of work with young people and lead to the formation of an activist-type political culture, which found embodiment in the desire to expand the boundaries of student self-government, as well as in socio-political discussions.