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Classic 1971 Soviet Administrative Reference: "School Principal’s Handbook"

For historians of education, researchers of Soviet institutional history, and collectors of vintage legal and pedagogical literature, this 1971 original Soviet hardcover volume provides primary-source insight into the daily administration of the Soviet education system. Published in Moscow by Prosveshchenie (Издательство «Просвещение»), School Principal’s Handbook (Справочник директора школы) was compiled by V. I. Budarin under the general editorship of A. I. Shustov.

Bound in slate-grey textured boards with silver title lettering and series insignia, this 392-page volume brings together official party and government decrees, ministerial instructions, and legal statutes directing primary and secondary schools.

Soviet School Governance, Teacher Labor Codes & Child Welfare Laws This handbook serves as a functional guide to the administration of primary and secondary education in the USSR:

• School Management & Pedagogical Councils: Legislative texts governing school administration, pedagogical councils (Положение о педагогическом совете), testing protocols, examination exemptions, and honor roll criteria.

• Labor Rights & Educator Remuneration: Detailed frameworks covering teacher recruitment, class allocations, staff benefits, qualification improvements (повышение квалификации), and salary calculation protocols.

• Extracurricular Programs & Youth Collectives: Rules governing student work brigades on collective farms (ученические производственные бригады), scrap material collection, and Komsomol student councils.

• Sanitary Standards & School Property: Technical instructions on school hygiene, building fire safety, book depository upkeep, and asset depreciation write-offs.

• Child Welfare Legislation: Appendices covering juvenile commission guidelines and the management of orphaned minors' property (Охрана прав несовершеннолетних).

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Справочник директора школы: Сборник законодательных, руководящих и инструктивных материалов

• Compiler: V. I. Budarin (В. И. Бударин)

• General Editor: A. I. Shustov (А. И. Шустов)

• Editorial Board: K. N. Volkov, D. D. Zuev, M. P. Kashin, M. I. Kondakov, A. I. Shustov

• Series: School Principal's Library (Библиотека директора школы)

• Publisher: "Prosveshchenie" Publishing House (Москва)

• Publication Date: 1971 (Moscow, USSR)

• Language: Russian

• Binding: Original publisher's silver-stamped textured hardcover

• Page Count: 392 pages with subject index

• Classification: Soviet Pedagogy / Educational Administration / USSR Labor Law & Government Directives