«Equal Salary for Equal Work…»: Financial Position of Teachers in 1940−1950s (on Materials of Southern Urals)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of teachers' living standards in the Soviet Union and the Southern Urals in particular. The author analyzes the state policy and opportunities of the centralized government for solving social and everyday problems of school teachers. Archival sources help the author to study everyday life of Soviet teachers during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war decades.

Keywords

• учитель
• общеобразовательная школа
• материальное положение
• социальный статус
• классные чины
• ЦК ВКП(б)
• заработная плата
• проблемы снабжения
• повседневность