The Importance of Home-Area Studies for Soviet Geography |
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| Authors: | Yu. K. Yefremov F. P. Kalinin I. S. Yun'yev |
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| Affiliation: | Central Research Institute on the Economics and Organization of Waterway Transportation, Moscow |
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| Abstract: | The article discusses the Soviet Union's nation-wide program of krayevedeniye, a Russian term that is difficult to translate but equivalent in meaning to the German Heimatkunde. The English “home-area studies,” though admittedly unsatisfactory, has been used to avoid foreign terms. The Soviet home-area study program includes amateur studies by local residents, school-sponsored studies to acquaint students with their school district, and government-directed study programs centered on regional museums. |
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