CONFERENCE OF THE BULGARIAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP SOCIETIES

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• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: December 29, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION FROM
1 Q. eIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Sociological - Bulgarian-Soviet friendship,
Biographic Russian-language instruction
HOW
PUBLISHED Biweekly newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Sofia
DATE
PUBLISHED 31 Aug 1952
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DATE OF
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1952
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
CONFERENCE Ce_THE BULGARIAN-SOVIET rFRIENDSHIP7 SOCIETIES
In accordance with the decision taken at the July plenary session of the
Central Council of the SBSD (Union of Bulgarian-Soviet LFriendshi] Societies),
a national conference on the public study of the Russian language outside of
school was held 16 August 1952 in Sofia at the Cultural Center of Bulgarian-
Soviet Friendship. Attending the conference as delegates were representatives
of the political and mass organizations of the secretaries of all the okoliya
councils of the Bulgarian-Soviet ffriendshig7 Society throughout the country,
okoliya and city methodologists and instructors in Russian-language courses,
and outstanding students in these courses.
The following persons were appointed to the working presidium at the
plenary session: Dr Mincho Neychev, member of the Politburo of the TsKna BKP
Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party), Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and president of the executive committee of the Central Council of
the SBSD; Demur Yanev, Minister of Pubic Education; V.A. Perov and A.'A.
Rovnyakov, the representatives of VOKS (All Union Organizations for Cultural
Ties With Foreign Countries; in Bulgaria; }Mikhail Manev, Secretary general of
the Central Council of the SBSD; Todor Genchev, Paaayot Gindev, and Petko
Ivanov, the secretaries of the Central Council of the SBSD; Vasil Mikhaylov,
head of the Russian-language section of the Central Council of the SBSD; Slav
Zakhariev, member of the Permanent Body of the National Council of the OF
(Fatherland Front).
Also, Nayden Nikolov, representative of the Central Council of Trade
Unions; Shela Avramova, from the Central Committee of DSNM (Dimitrov Union
of Peoples Youth); Izidor Levi, of the Central Council of the SNCh (Union
of People's Reading Rooms); Iliya Dinev, member of the Central Council of
DOSO (Volunteer Organization for Defense Cooperation); Ivan Shishkov, member
of the Central Council of the BChK (Bulgarian Red Cross); Kiril Lazarov,
member of the Executive Committee of CSTPZK (General Union of Artisan Pro
ductioL and Labor Copartnerships); Asher Valadzhi, member of the VKFS (Supreme
Committee for Physical Culture and Sports); Svetozar Tor:ov, from MNO (Ministry
of National Defense).
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Also Ana Strashimirova, of the political administration of the Ministry of
Transportation; A. Alexieva secretary of the City Council of the BSD (Bulgarian-
Soviet ffriendahip7 Society] in Sofia; Iliya Lalov, head of the Russian-language
section in the City Council of the BSD in Plovdiv; V. Kalaydzhiev, secretary of
the Okoliya Council of the BSD in Devin; T. Vurbanov, secretary of the Okoliya
Council of the BSD in Turnovo; E. Ganev, secretary of the Okoliya Council of the
BSD in Kazanluk; I. Lyudmila Chankova, okoliya methodologist in Russian language
in Ruse; Irina Demyanovich, coordinator of Russian classes In Stalin; St. Kova-
chev, coordinator of Russian classes in Khaskovo Okoliya; B. Paskalev, instructor
in Russian in Prc'vadiya; Yusuf Mustafov, student of Russian in Rogozche, Momchil-
grad Okoliya; and Helena Lukanova, instructor in Russian in Sofia; Neno Drakov,
student of Russian in Dryanovo, Kazanluk Okoliya.
M. Reychev, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Central Council of
the SBSD, opened the conference with a short welcoming speech.
The Central Committee of the All-Jnion Communist Party (Bolshevik) and the
Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party were elected to the honorary
presidium of the conference.
FollowL.a the election of the honorary presidium, Mikhail Manev, secretary
general of the Central Council of the SBSD, announced the order of the day for
the conference:
1. Report: "The Work of Russian-Language Courses During the 1951 - 1952
School Year and Our Future Tasks," by Panayot Gindev.
2. Report: "The Basic Requirements of the Methodology in Teaching Russian,"
by V. Mikhaylov.
After the order of the day had been announced, Panayot Gindev made his
report. He stressed the significant accomplishments of the Russian-language
courses, underscoring the fact that the constant guidance and concern of the
party and the government and the energetic work of the SBSD, the instructors,
and the students have made it possible during the 1951 - 1952 school year for
the working people of Bulgaria in the Russian courses to learn Russian so that
they now read Soviet newspapers and magazines with ease. The program was
succesbfully completed by 2,709 classes, with 42,681 students, while 622 classes
with 11,934 students completed te:. to 15 lessons.
Gindev udded that the courses have become schools for Bulgarian-Soviet
friendship, in which the students not only learn the Russian language, but also
learn about the life and struggle of the Soviet people. The students are
educated in the spirit of loyalty and devotion to Bulgarian-Soviet friendship,
to their socialist fatherland, to the Soviet Union, to the All-Union Communist
Party (Bolshevik) and to J. V. Stalin.
Gindev went on to discuss the weaknesses which had been permitted in the
Russian courses during the last school year and then outlined the principal
tasks for the future: simultaneous and on-schedule organization and beginning
of the new school year throughout the whole country; timely acquisition of all
training aids; improvement of the qualifications of instructors; an increase
in assistance and concrete supervision in study methods by the okoliya coordi-
nators of Russian-language classes and also by the okollya councils of the
BSD; and closer cooperatior with the other mass organizations.
The report "The Basic Requirements of the Methodology in Teaching Russian"
was read by V. Mikhaylov,, chief of the Russian-language section in the central
council of the SBSD. The basic problems of methodology in teaching Russian
and the role and place of the instructors and the methodologists in the teaching
process were discussed and explained in the report.
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M1.khaylor added that the study of Russian in the courses sponsored by
the SBSD is cm organized process of instruction. The instructors must pay
special attention to the reading of Soviet newspapers, magazines, pamphlets,
and books, as the e:udeuts thereby become better acquainted with Soviet life.
The afternoon sees ion of the National Conference was conducted under
the chairmanship of Demir Yanev, Minister of Public Education. A congratulatory
telegram seat to the conference by the graduating members of the Sliven govern-
ment course, second class, for instructors in the Russian language, was read to
the delegates, and then more delegates made statements.
Statements were made by the following delegates: Eacho Iv. Ganev, secre-
tary of the Kazanluk Okoliya Council Cof the BS7; Stoyan Kovachev, methodologist
in the Russian language at Chaskovo; Elera Aleksardrova, typesetter at the "G.
Dimitrov" Fechatnitsa (Printing Shop) in Kolarovgrad; Dimitur Paskalev, teacher
of a Russian-language course in Provadiya; Pruvka Naydenova, student of Russian
and poultry specialist at the TKZS +,Farm Workers' Cooperative) at Vladimirovo,
Mikhailovgrad Okoliya; Veska Stefanova Radulova, teacher at Colyanzi, Nikopol
Okoliya; Vera Sianaka, director of Russian-language courses at the City Council
of the BSD, Soria; Igor Viktozor, lecturer in Russian at Dimitrovo; Lyudmilla
Chankova, methodologist and chief of the Russian-language section in the Okoliya
Council of the BSD at Ruse; Tsvetana Radeva of Klimentovo, Turnovo Okoliya;
Iliya Lalov, in charge of Russian-language courses at the Municipal Council of
the BSD in Plovdiv; Rukie Sadukova, honor student in the Russian course in
Nastan, Davin Okoliya,
Also, Neno Drakov, honor student in the Russian course at Golyamo Dryanovo,
Kazanluk Okollya; Isuf Aliev, leading student at Rogozche, Momchilgrad Okoliya;
Vera Va?heva, coordinator of Russian classes sponsored by the City Council of
the BSD in Svishtov; Todorka Tseklanina, student in Russian at Osikovo; Anka
Dragieva, honor student in Russian at the TKZS at Svilengrad; Bozhana Georgieva,
coordinator of Russian classes in the third dimitrov Rayon of the BSD, Sofia;
Sergey Yuzefovich, coordinator Russian classes in Turnovo Okoliya; Maria
Georgieva Kandoklieva, honor student at Frdino.
Also, 'Hayden Nik. Kostov, director of the Russian-language course at
Komatavo, Plovdiv Okoliya; Galina Tagamliteka, assistant in Russian at Sofia
State University; Petranka Nikolova, shock worker at the "M. Topalov" DIP
(State Industrial Enterprise) in Ruse; Mika Srebrova, outstanding student in
the Russian-language course of the Okoliya Council of the BSD in Provadiya;
Irina Demyanovich, methodologist at Stalin; Tsvetana Skachkova, teacher and
director of the Russian course at the "Oboriehte" DIP in Faragyurishte; Stefan
Dimitrov, secretary of the Okoliya Council of the BSD in Sliven; and Panayot
Khristov, student and worker at the "17 partizani" DIP in Vidin.
Slav Zakharie-r, member of the Permanent Body of the National Council of
the Fatherland Front, and Nayden Nikolov of the Central Council of Trade-
Unions pointed out the need for still closer cooperation between the organi-
zations of the SBSD and those of the EOPO (Organization for Social-Political
Unity) and the trade unions as a prerequisite for improvement of the work in
the Russian-language courses.
The delegates of the National Conference were greeted by the VOKS repre-
sentative, Victor Aleksandrovich Perov,
At the end, Panayot Gindev made a short summarizing speech and declar=d
that the National Conference was the beginning of the agitation, explanatory,
and organization work for establishing the Russian courses and opening the
new 1952 - 1953 school year.
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The conference closed with a speech by Demir Yanev, Minister of Public
Education: Re'said that the success achieved in the Russian-language courses
ie,enconreging,but that the organization of work in the courses must be im-
proved still more during the coming school year; that the finances for conduct-
ing-'the courses must be improved; that the quality of the instructors' work
must be raised; and that new efforts must be made to overcome difficulties and
obstacles so that even better results can be achieved in the teaching of
Russian.
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