Political Socialization of Soviet Schoolchildren as Part of Children's Public Diplomacy: International Visits
The article describes the concept of political socialization of Soviet schoolchildren based on children's public diplomacy in 1982–1986. The authors concentrated on the international visits made by Samantha Smith and Yekaterina Lychyova. The research did not involve other factors of political s...
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| author | Alexander A. Turygin Boris V. Kupriyanov Artyom A. Talalaev |
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| description | The article describes the concept of political socialization of Soviet schoolchildren based on children's public diplomacy in 1982–1986. The authors concentrated on the international visits made by Samantha Smith and Yekaterina Lychyova. The research did not involve other factors of political socialization, e.g., weekly political information, fundraising events for the starving children of Africa and Nicaragua, foreign pen-palls, etc. These international visits provided valuable practical experience of interaction between Soviet and foreign children. Children's diplomacy is a relatively new phenomenon for Russian historiography, and the authors attempted to define its theoretical and symbolic meaning. The ideology-affected political socialization transformed children's everyday life, depriving it of the freedom of choice and opportunities. The analysis of children's diplomacy with its potential opportunities and shortcomings made it possible to determine the bottlenecks of political socialization. It revealed the tension between the public and private dimensions of international politics and actualized the factor of transnational activity in the development of bilateral Soviet-American relations. The research relied on the personal experience of those children, their memories, memoirs of their contemporaries, media publications, etc. The project of children's diplomacy failed because it deviated from its original scenario. Every time the process was out of direct control of political elites, children’s psychology and behavior interfered with the plan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dd37ec2e0bb4443aaf870966845d606f2023-09-21T06:06:59ZdeuKemerovo State UniversityСибСкрипт2949-21222949-20922023-06-0125310.21603/sibscript-2023-25-3-331-3424556Political Socialization of Soviet Schoolchildren as Part of Children's Public Diplomacy: International VisitsAlexander A. Turygin0Boris V. Kupriyanov1Artyom A. Talalaev2Kostroma State UniversityMoscow City Teacher Training UniversityKostroma State UniversityThe article describes the concept of political socialization of Soviet schoolchildren based on children's public diplomacy in 1982–1986. The authors concentrated on the international visits made by Samantha Smith and Yekaterina Lychyova. The research did not involve other factors of political socialization, e.g., weekly political information, fundraising events for the starving children of Africa and Nicaragua, foreign pen-palls, etc. These international visits provided valuable practical experience of interaction between Soviet and foreign children. Children's diplomacy is a relatively new phenomenon for Russian historiography, and the authors attempted to define its theoretical and symbolic meaning. The ideology-affected political socialization transformed children's everyday life, depriving it of the freedom of choice and opportunities. The analysis of children's diplomacy with its potential opportunities and shortcomings made it possible to determine the bottlenecks of political socialization. It revealed the tension between the public and private dimensions of international politics and actualized the factor of transnational activity in the development of bilateral Soviet-American relations. The research relied on the personal experience of those children, their memories, memoirs of their contemporaries, media publications, etc. The project of children's diplomacy failed because it deviated from its original scenario. Every time the process was out of direct control of political elites, children’s psychology and behavior interfered with the plan.https://www.sibscript.ru/jour/article/view/5416political socializationsoviet childrenchildren's public diplomacychildren as peacekeeperspolitical ideologyinternational visitspeace movementcold warhistoriographythe history of everyday life |
| spellingShingle | Alexander A. Turygin Boris V. Kupriyanov Artyom A. Talalaev Political Socialization of Soviet Schoolchildren as Part of Children's Public Diplomacy: International Visits СибСкрипт political socialization soviet children children's public diplomacy children as peacekeepers political ideology international visits peace movement cold war historiography the history of everyday life |
| title | Political Socialization of Soviet Schoolchildren as Part of Children's Public Diplomacy: International Visits |
| title_full | Political Socialization of Soviet Schoolchildren as Part of Children's Public Diplomacy: International Visits |
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| title_short | Political Socialization of Soviet Schoolchildren as Part of Children's Public Diplomacy: International Visits |
| title_sort | political socialization of soviet schoolchildren as part of children s public diplomacy international visits |
| topic | political socialization soviet children children's public diplomacy children as peacekeepers political ideology international visits peace movement cold war historiography the history of everyday life |
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