Higher Educational Institutions of the Musical Profile in the Volga Region in the Second half of the 1930s – 1950s: Problems of Personnel Support

Abstract

Relevance. The state policy of most countries of the world is aimed at increasing the qualitative level and competitiveness of domestic education systems, the development of individual industries in the field of education. Positive changes in this area can help studying the historical experience of building national education models, the use of domestic educational traditions of the past in modern practice.The purpose of the study is to cover and popularize approaches to ensure the staff of the superior musical and educational institutions in the Volga region in the second half of the 1930s-the 1950s.The objectives of the study: to study factual material reflecting the ways of solving personnel problems in domestic conservatories in the second half of the 1930s – 1950s; identify the degree of effectiveness of this activity.Methodology. In the course of the study, the following sources were used: scientific articles, dissertations, collections of documents, archive materials. The methodological basis of the work was the principles of objectivity and comprehensiveness, as well as a number of scientific methods: system analysis, historical, typological, historical and comprehensive.Results. As a result of this study, approaches to the personnel support of the musical higher educational institutions of the Volga region in the second half of the 1930s-1950s were specified.Conclusion. The study showed that in the conditions of modernization development of the second half of the 1930s and 1950s, due to migration processes, the problem of personnel recruitment of musical universities (conservatives) was effectively solved in the Volga region. The decisive role in this issue belonged to the state system of distribution of specialists. Capital musicians (Moscow, Leningrad, etc.), evacuated to the region during the Great Patriotic War, played key importance for replenishing and strengthening the states of the Volga conservatory. Thanks to the shots involved during this period, musical and cultural traditions were formed, pedagogical and performing regional schools were created, several generations of professional musicians were brought up.