#Ученичество

| #Ученичество. 2026. Вып. 1 | #Apprenticeship. 2026. Issue 1 32 accommodate Russian refugees from Greece, and physical education classes were therefore postponed. A student infirmary also existed within the Russian House. For the most part, students of the Male Grammar School lived in private accommodation, while the girls used the Russian Girls’ Boarding School, which in January 1942 housed 22 students who paid 700 dinars per month . 17 In addition, girls also stayed at the Russian Hostel for Female Students on 34 Vojvode Milenka Street, paying 600 dinars per month. 18 Teachers in both the male and female grammar schools were generally highly qualified professionals with extensive work experience and teaching expertise. At the beginning of 1942, a reform of teaching methodology and the curriculum itself was carried out within Russian secondary education. 19 The Instructions for the Implementation of the Reform of Russian Schooling , defined on 14 April 1942, set out the goals of the reform and the methodological approach. Emphasis was placed on the personal connection between teachers and students, strengthening discipline, the practical value of education, and a higher level of responsibility. On this occasion, the position of student class prefect was introduced. This was a student who was well- behaved and had the ability to influence their fellow classmates. In addition, there were students who took on daily duties, as well as keeping a class register and individual student records. This was also the case in the Serbian school system. In accordance with the guidelines specified in the Instructions , the system of rewarding and disciplining teachers was changed, as well as attitudes toward discipline and students’ self-discipline. As for the curriculum, the emphasis was placed on a national group of subjects, including Russian history, language and geography. The number of classes in Latin and cosmography was reduced, as was the number of Serbian language classes, with the approval of the Ministry of Education. Teaching was intended to be practical, encouraging independent thinking among students and strengthening the role of technical knowledge. Geography and history teaching included comparisons with other peoples and states, emphasizing the national spirit of Russia. Military knowledge was also offered, but it was outside regular school instruction. In the final year of school in 1943/44, on Vidovdan (St. Vitus' Day) in 1944, 50 students took their final exams. In September of that year, the students and their families were transported to Germany on trucks and trains. II.3. The Cadet Corps and the Girls’ Institute Instruction at the Cadet Corps in Bela Crkva was interrupted on March 29, 1941, when the cadets, along with students from the Girls' Institute, first traveled together on a special train to Belgrade. 20 Through the efforts of the teaching staff, final graduation exams were held at the Cadet Corps between May 25 and June 22, 1941, and Cadet Day was celebrated on December 6 at the Russian House in Belgrade. Regular classes resumed on January 20, 1942, with 270 cadets and 35 teachers and educators. 21 After the Germans occupied the building of the Cadet Corps, the cadets had to move to the building of the Girls' Institute. They transferred their personal belongings, school supplies, and parts of the cadet museum there. 17 Timofeev A. Unstoppable Russian… P. 228. 18 N.N. Russian Émigrés in Belgrade // Novo vreme. Belgrade, 1942. 15 Febr. P. 7. 19 Timofeev A. Unstoppable Russian … P. 226. 20 The Cadet Corps in Bela Crkva was founded in 1922; Timofeyev A. The Disappearance of the Russian Émigré Community in Yugoslavia, 1941–1954 . Belgrade, 2022. P. 241. 21 Timofeev A. Unstoppable Russian… P. 241.