Сoncept of education of street children pedologist Stepan Stepanovich Molozhavy and the repression of pedology (1924-1937) with a list of banned books on pedology (1936)

The article presents a study of the evolution of the theories of the little-known outstanding pedologist Stepan Stepanovich Molozhavy, who worked in the 20s-30s of the XX century and became a victim of persecution of Pedology. The first part presents research on the topic of re-education of street children, which was the most difficult social problem of the 20s, as well as the gradual adaptation of this topic to the Marxist pedagogical canons. Molozhavy ‘s educational methods were characterized by a strong desire to re-educate street children, relying on their character traits changed by the environment, rather than externally established methods that did not consider the real problems of children without a family. In the second part some unpublished documents about consequences of persecutions on Pedology on July 4, 1936 are analyzed.in the third part the list of the forbidden and withdrawn from the address of pedological works is resulted.