ISSUES OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE IN THE WORK OF THE WORLD RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S COUNCIL AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Aim. To study an important area of activity of the World Russian People’s Council (WRPC) in the 1990s - the discussion of education, science and culture. Methodology. The basis for the research included the analysis of the materials of the World Russian Council (WRC, later renamed as WRPC) concerning the necessity of preserving and further developing the national education, science and culture. That included the materials of the WRPC and the documents of the WRPC hearings on education, science and culture. The research was conducted using problem-chronological, historical-system and comparative-historical methods. Results. The findings revealed how the WRPC supported the revival of national science, education and culture in the difficult socio-economic and socio-political conditions of the 1990s. The research proves that the dialogue of the WRPC with scientists and cultural figures contributed to the development of proposals to overcome the crisis in culture, education and science. Closely associated with the Russian Orthodox Church, the WRPC sought to develop new ideas about the relationship between religion, culture, science and education. The article shows the influence of the final documents of the WRPC discussions in the 1990s on the provisions of the “The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church”, adopted in 2000. Research implications. The findings can be used for designing courses and seminars in social and political life of the Russian society, the history of the Russian Orthodox Church of the late twentieth century and the history of Russian science and culture in the 1990s.

World Russian Council, World Russian People’s Council, church, education, science, culture

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