Dynamics of the number and share of mid-level specialists in the national economy of the European north of the RSFSR in the second half of the 1950s-early 1960s

On the basis of the data of annual statistical collections, the paper analyzes the dynamics of the number and share of mid-level specialists working in the national economy of the regions and republics of the European North of the RSFSR. The study period coincided with the reform of public education carried out in the country at that time and logically changed the number and share of certain categories of mid-level specialists. The paper demonstrates that, according to the statistical data, the number of technicians in the national economy noticeably increased whereas the share of other categories of mid-level specialists decreased. Then the author compares the studied dynamics with a similar process on the territory of the RSFSR as a whole, notes a number of specific features, and also points to an increase in the number of mid-level specialists in the total population of the European North of the RSFSR.