Military club work with school students of Khanty-Mansiysk okrug in 1941-1945 years

The questions of organization and the results of military training in Ugra schools during the Great Patriotic War are analyzed in this article. Based on the materials of Ugra State archive and the memories of region former teachers and students and using historical genetic and statistical methods the effort to evaluate Khanty-Mansiysk okrug’s material and personnel capabilities in organization of military clubs. In addition, the author reveals the main problems that the school education departments faced. For example, the small number of senior classes in the region, the shortage of school premises, the lack of kerosene in short daylight conditions, the lack of clothes and shoes for students and the experienced military instructors’ small number. The most widespread types of military clubs, the extent of students’ delivery of various military and physical education standards and their participation in paramilitary games are revealed. The degree of this article’s compliance with the general tasks of students’ pre-conscription military training is assessed. The author comes to the conclusion that the students’ number who took part in military clubs significantly increased. As a result, more than 80 percent of students could pass the norms on the badges of various societies. Besides the military club work among Ugra students was heavily depended on possibilities of schools, as a result there were a little number in Ugra by the end of the war.