Historical and local history research of the department of the history of the USSR of the Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical Institute in the 1960s - early 1980s

The article examines the historical and local history direction as one of the main scientific activities of the Department of History of the USSR at the Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical Institute in the period from the 1960s to the early 1980s. According to the author, this period has not yet received adequate coverage in the research locus and appears rather fragmentarily. The article pays much attention to the background of the department. The most significant results of the work of scientists during the period under study are presented, their contribution to deepening knowledge of the history of various regions of the Southern Urals and Siberia is highlighted. The practical significance of their work in the field of teaching and popularizing the history of their native land is emphasized.