#ussr education

[random-kazakh-stuff]

Okay so one of the symbols of modern Kazakhstan's independence is Altyn Adam - Golden Man*(as in person).

Altyn adam refers to an artefact that was found 1970 in Issyk kurgan(burial)*.

It looks like this(id in the end of the post and in alt):

It is actually quite interesting how the artefact was found.

In 1968 the town Issyk became a town and wanted to develop. However, they needed experts to first check that there are no historical sites, which is what they did. For all of 1969 they were carefully uncovering he kurgan, and in 1970 they finally opened it.

It was empty. The place had signs that it has been robbed several times before.

One archeologist, Bekmuhanbet Nurmuhanbetov*, decided to check some 30-40 meters away, and found a side-burial which was left untouched since 6-5th century BC.

They found so many artefacts that listing them all here would be quite difficult.

What I would like to mention though is who was buried here:

Gender is unknown*, but the age is around late teens(16-18)

The person that was buried here was most likely to be a child of some kind of tribe leader, because their burial is smaller than the main one.

About the tribe! The burial probably belonged to Saka tribes. Saka people might relate to Scythians(they are probably part of the same cultural group?)* *. Anyways this particular kurgan was made by Tigraxauda people. Their name derives from persian and means. Pointy hats........

The golden armor is probably more ritualistic(haven't seen it in direct text sorry) than anything because the golden pieces of armor are wood covered in golden leaf. The helmet is made from golden plates though.

There are actually some interesting thing that are present on the helmet. By that I mean the arrows, which are said to symbolise 4 parts of the world. There are also multiple animals* on it. As a whole the costume consists of 4000 golden pieces.

And finally, Why is it so important?

Well to answer this question, you should know USSR's relationship with history and how is was teached in Kazakhstan specifically: mainly, world history through the lense of revolution and how Kazakhstan just sorta became part of USSR after it was Russian Empire's colony*. Nothing before that as people that lived on this land.

Which led to a very hard situation after the independency was gained because well. The majority of people were Kazakhs, but a lot of culture and identity was lost. And part of it was history.

So an artefact this old brings a sense of legitimacy. It also doesn't hurt that it's pretty.

ID and notes under cut

[ID: Armor on a mannequin in a museum setting standing above camera. The mannequin is wearing long-sleeved jacket which is a mix of red fabric and triangular golden pieces. The same pattern is on its boots. The pants are made from a red fabric. It is wearing a very large conical headpiece almost as tall as its chest(40cm). It is very pointy. The headpiece has 4 golden arrows and some animal ornaments on it. The figure has a bow and and an arrow in its hands, and a sheath for sword and another weapon on its belt. It is also wearing a red cape just reaching its thighs. ]

* Actually there are several artefacts like this! Around 6 or so which were found in different regions at different time. All of them are called golden men, just the place that varies. This one is Issyk's Golden Man. Some of them are actually made from solid gold and not gold leaf which I find fascinating.

* Ok so kurgan is used interchangeably here with burial. And in a way kurgan is a burial. It is also in a way like a pyramid? There are things left for the dead so they can carry them to the afterlife, but the kurgan itself is built a bit in and above ground. The rooms are made from logs, and then covered with dirt to create mounds. I also heard that a herd of horses would run it over a bunch of times to set the earth.

*Full name Bekmuhanbet Nurmuhanbetov Nurmuhanbetovich. He eventually organized a museum for the kurgans he found. He died in 2016, at the age of 81, and for some reason he has "Bekem-aĝa"(aĝa means older brother, uncle just an older friendly male figure) as his pseudonym on his Wiki.

*Actually Saka seem to had been pretty great about equality. There is also a very cool story about their female chief Tomiris.

*Historical records about nomadic people come exclusively from settled ones. Because a lot of stuff they would probably write on(despite the claims about lack of writing system) would't have survived because you know. Nomads.

*Haven't mentioned it in the post but sometimes Saka people are called ancestors of Kazakh people and uhhhh. They are probably more related to modern Europeans than to us. They still had similar lifestyle and lived on this land though. And they were more mixed than anything because you know, race is bullshit.

* Oh also fun fact one of the animals is a tulpar which is a horse with wings. The same mythical animal is present on Kazakhstan's official coat of arms.

*should I keep making these notes? because I feel they might take away from the flow of the text, and some details are simply not that important or I cannot convey them properly. so. what do you think?

#the whole legitimacy thing is of course not just kazakhstan #every country out there is doing it tp build a cohesive narrative that people can unite around #kazakhstan #kazakh #kazakh culture #kazakhstan history #kazakhstan politics #kazakh history #Kazakhstan culture #ussr #history #asia #central asia #cw: mention of death #what warnings should I put? #ussr culture #ussr education

[soviet-amateurs]

Igor Stomakhin, Basketball 1987

#basketball #russia #ussr #soviet #bwfilm #russian #kids educational

[blocpulp]

Arkady Gordin - Fun Cybernetics (USSR, 1987)

artist: V.N.Zabayrov

#science art #science #education #book covers #cybernetics #ussr #80s #V.N. Zabayrov

[palominocorn]

Y'all, if you wouldn't reblog from someone with a swastika icon (and why would you do that), then don't reblog from someone with a hammer and sickle icon. It's really that simple.

I know it's tempting, as people who have never lived under the USSR, to assume that everything you learned about the horrors that happened behind the Iron Curtain was just capitalist propaganda, but as someone whose family lived it? It was worse than what high school social studies taught you.

The hammer and sickle is a symbol of state terror. Of genocide. Of bigotry. Of too many abuses to list. It's a symbol drenched in fear and blood and pain.

And it's not a symbol that you can reclaim. We, the survivors and descendants of the communist bloc, are the ones who decide whether we can turn it into a symbol of resistance, and we have decided: no. The wounds are too raw and the fear is too deep.

To the people actually affected by the hammer and sickle, it is still a symbol of violence. Put it down. Leave it be. Let us recover.

#People I am so tired of this #I am tired of dredging up five generations of trauma in the hopes #That I'll get through to people #I'm so tired of seeing people I like #People who are educated on the history of communism #Put this sign of hatred on my dash #USSR #communism #Leftism #Anti-capitalism #Socialism #Iron Curtain #Eastern Bloc

[katchwreck]

“Self education is the road to knowledge. Knowledge is the path to Communism. Every beginning reader-worker should read these books. The first circle of reading”

Soviet poster from 1926.

Sadly I cannot read the actual book recommendations.

#soviet poster #1926 #marxism leninism #quote #marxism #socialism #book reading #education #agitprop #posters #poster #ussr

[cringefailnarwhal]

my parents married when they were 22&23 💀

#they both went to uni when they were 16 tho??? I have no idea how higher education worked in ussr

[dokyeomini]

it's kinda funny how ppl think it's ok to defend someone wearing nazi insignia ..... like. it's almost an invitation to get punched in the face in most places.........

#or waving a fucking ussr flag around in public. good luck walking the streets here like that..... #it's soooo weird to me that someone would actually be ignorant enough to do that by accident #but i also don't know the ins and outs of all education systems #god knows even germans are ignorant about the ussr and the effects lf eastern european countries #some think russian is our official language........

[itachikun]

if you stop to think about it, the US is criminal towards Cuba, North Korea (and China at times) because these countries, with their revolutionary processes and all the victories theyve conquered pose a threat to them. people cannot be allowed to understand the fact that housing, food, education, health services, employment and other basic needs can be provided outside of a capitalist reality to everyone, with good quality, free or almost free of cost. and since they cant prove these facts wrong, they disseminate and reinforce the propaganda that there is no freedom of thought, no freedom of expression, because that is the only thing they can attack.

#dont you go CRAZY thinking about this??? #no one in cuba dies of hunger #no one in north korea is sleeping on the streets #imagine not going under debt for your entire life bcos you got free education #imagine lifting over 800mi of people out of poverty in 40 fucking years #top 13 countries with the biggest % ( top 3 around 90!!!) of households owning the property where they live are ex USSR countries!!! #thats socialism for you babeyyyyyyyyyy #BOLD of anyone to think that I would mind not being able to openly express myself #if i had a house food on the table a job that doesnt explore me a national health system and free education #either free services or affordable ones #iD LIVE FUCKIN SILENT AND HAPPY thats what #a socialist society is the only one that can provide all its citizens with a dignified life #mr

[vydumaj]

someone needs to conduct a study on why spaniards online are more happy to spread russian government propaganda more than any other demographic outside of american tankies. no, ukrainian people aren’t nazis for speaking ukrainian or fighting in the war. they’re not “selfishly prolonging” the war, but trying to stop the russian army from killing more people… (nothing here is a strawman I’ve seen literally hundreds of “progressive” spanish people say these things)

#the takes you see … I do want to unlearn spanish sometimes I really do #I’m as anti military and pacifist as you can be you’ve got to realize there’s a difference between Russian army attacking ukraine and the #Ukrainian one defending themselves from the attacks?? or?? #you’ll also see them spread Soviet propaganda like how the ethnic minorities that got deported during ussr times were ALL nazis and that���s #why it happened and actually people are Nazis for speaking their minority languages #and it’s always Spaniards?? I’ve never heard of the Spanish education system being worse than other places #like you’re not ~woke~ for advocating genocide of Eastern European Caucasian and north/central minorities #and you hear a lot about russian oligarchs in German and British politics but not in Spanish #maybe there’s a simple explanation but I don’t know it #it’s scary though #nazism tw #and yeah there ARE Nazis in the Ukrainian army … and the Russian one #more of them there #can’t even say it’s Russia having effective Spanish language propaganda bc you don’t see Spanish speakers from Latin America doing this #really? it’s something spain specific

[beastblade69]

I remember once I mentioned sarah kane to my mother who is a toxic positivity typo person (and ussr defo had a huge impact on her values, but she's in denial). and of course among all I've also mentioned that she's ended her life and my mother straight up went like "she wouldn't have killed herself if she came to Ukraine" like girl what??? wdym?? england is fr more progressive than ukraine therefore people in ukraine are more likely to be depressed because of how conservative many ukrainians are and the government too, tho the situation is slowly improving rn. like I don't mean that brits can't be depressed because fr no matter how good quality of life in a certain country is, people are still living in society therefore are exposed to violence and abuse. you get me. BUT what I didn't get is my mother's logic. like if she came to ukraine she'd be the same depressed. I was literally diagnosed w depression several years ago (my doctor was an ass who told my mother that my depression was not severe at all, it's like a lite version of depression so my mother has never taken it seriously) and due to her being too sceptical towards my diagnosis because "you can't possibly have any issues, you have a home and food at home therefore you can't struggle fr and you made it all up for attention" and my father being like "tjose pills are narcotics, you're gonna end up w an addiction" I was forced to act as if I got better and guess what?? yeah, I got worse because of their inability to understand the nature of mental disorders. ussr was fucking lame, we're like 30 years outta that crap but still facing the consequences. many of them, not only in a mental health topic. and that's exactly why I hate american commies. like y'all haven't lived though the consequences of that crap and tryna be cool or smth by being an ass towards ppl from post ussr countries who actually still live in this crap and tryna gaslight us that all those hatecrimes and genocides which russia has committed never happened. let me tell you SHUT TF UP. you have no idea what ur talking about and I'd like to see how y'all would actually b living w parents who are literally prejudiced towards basic human rights because ussr has brainwashed them. not too liberal, huh?? watch out for who you're idolising and which political ideology ur praising

#will never shut up about americans needing to educate themselves #like fr guys we live in this crap from the day of our birth abd ur trying to tell us that we're brainwashed #and have misunderstood the whole communist ideology because it actually created great life conditions #and we're just complaining because we can #get your head out of your ass and get into actual history instead of idolising dictators #so called left wing dictator (because they weren't even liberal. at all) is the same as a right wing dictator #also hate to spoil it for you guys who believe that russia beat germany in ww2 but they were besties ar the beginning #yeah two dictators being besties is so unexpected #so my point is: y'all get so mad when ppl from post ussr countries tell you how crappy life in ussr actually was because they know it #they experience all of the ussr consequences to this day #and you better listen to those ppl because they know what they're talking about unlike you #I'm so mad #smells.like.a.freakshow

[soviet-amateurs]

PE

#soviet #russia #ussr #bwphotography #bwfilm #russian #film #school #physical education

[i-merani]

Ive been weary of this woman because of obvious reasons but hey' don't judge the book by its cover!

Although while she "educates" people about USSR, and does present the lives of ordinary people under the union, she nearly never talks about oppression, censorship, illegal murders, propaganda… you know, the usual stuff in ussr which is an interesting omission when your whole page is dedicated to the ussr

Oh and this post!

If you know so much about ussr couldn't you at least read a wikipedia page about georgia? We don't have "disputed territories" with any muslim group in the caucasus, what we have is 20% of our territories occupied by Russia. What an interesting thing to miss in this post! Wonder why comments are off, it doesn't mean anything does it?🤔

#this is exactly why i am weary of everyone who is so interested in ussr #somehow these people never educate others about the negative side of the union #how convinient! #ussr #soviet union #communism #2023 #mine #georgia #saqartvelo

[katchwreck]

“How to study your readers?”

“Librarian, study your readers! Studying the reader and his interests helps the librarian to lead readers, gives the center the ability to send needed books to localities, and publishing houses to publish them. Write down book requests, write down exactly what the reader said about the book, get written reviews from readers, use charts and statistics, observe what books your readers have in the tea house, at home etc, keep a reader diary, hold reading outloud sessions.”

Soviet poster from 1926.

#library #librarian #marxism leninism #posters #marxism #poster #education #Soviet education #Communist education #1926 #RSFSR #soviet #ussr #agitprop #book reading #reading

[nemfrog]

As the great armies of the US and the USSR converge on Germanay, page 1 of a pamphlet educating American soldiers about their new comrades, soldiers of the Red Army.

Our Red Army Ally. April 23, 1945.

Internet Archive

#ww ii #ussr #united states #red army #indoctrination #1945 #1940s #war

[nothorses]

"the public education system is intently evil and all teachers are abusive because it was the worst experience ever for me personally"

guys, look, I'm legitimately sorry that happened to you. that's fucked up. it shouldn't have happened, and it shouldn't be allowed to happen again to you or anyone else. I'm sorry.

public school was hard for me too, at times, and I'm still suffering the consequences for the harsh grading, the arbitrary deadlines, the hours of completely useless-to-me homework. I could name a few teachers who have been pretty fucking terrible. the fact that nobody considered getting me evaluated for ADHD has had an impact on my self image and academic success that I can't erase.

and also.

I grew up in an area where education, in particular, is incredibly progressive-leaning. educators are working really hard to create and try out education philosophies and practices that prioritize kids and their learning, rather than teachers and what they think kids should learn.

My sex ed was comprehensive, and came entirely from school. My gay sixth grade teacher taught me about HIV/AIDs in a useful, accurate way. In high school, I learned about the way orgasms work & I was prepared not to feel shame for normal stuff.

I learned that Communism was not what the USSR actually practiced, and what it really means. I learned about atrocities and, specifically, the genocide of indigenous people committed in/by the US. I learned about the military industrial complex, the school-to-prison pipeline, and I learned about manifestations of racism specific to my local area. I learned about Stonewall, and the intersection of the civil rights movement with gay rights and disability justice.

My creative writing teacher taught us about LSD, and the real reasons we shouldn't do it, after a hilariously ineffective assembly run by some local cops. He spoke gently, carefully, and emphatically about his friends and his own experiences. Later in the semester, he read us a story he wrote about two gay men finding each other in a deeply homophobic environment.

My sci-fi teacher made me feel safe & seen as a kid with "weird" interests. My US History teacher helped me research and put together a 10-page paper on the modern relevance and mission of Feminism. My government teacher made me feel appreciated for the work I put into the class, and the thought I put into what I said in it, even though he disagreed with a lot of it. My sixth grade teacher bought me books to read with his personal money, whichever ones I asked for. My third grade teacher made me feel safe. My science teacher in middle school made me excited for and passionate about science, and saw and nurtured the effort I put into her class.

A lot of stuff sucks, absolutely. But I am seeing new teaching methods being tried out all the time, and I am watching teachers get really excited when I teach their students about the roots of modern graffiti in US black history & to question property laws, and just...

There's hope. there are so many people doing so much work to make things better. so many people agree with you on what education should be, and are trying so fucking hard to put that into action, and so many public schools- not just teachers, but whole schools and even districts- are really doing that work. so much is getting better.

I had more to say, about necessary childcare and trusted adults and outside contacts and time away from abusive family. But like. Please just sit down and listen to more people on this, and please talk to educators and education professionals about what's really going on in this big huge world of philosophy, science, and practice.

#education