EDUCATIONAL IDEOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL MIDDLE CLASS IN SOVIET ESTONIA IN THE 1950s–1980s
EDUCATIONAL IDEOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL MIDDLE CLASS IN SOVIET ESTONIA IN THE 1950s–1980s

Summary/Abstract: Since the mid-20th century university-educated intellectual workers have ceased to be just a small part of the population, forming instead quite an eminent layer of society – a mass intelligentsia. The phenomenon has been sparking research interest all over Europe. The aim of the present article is to elucidate certain aspects of the development of Estonian intelligentsia during the Soviet period, as in their time, the definition of intelligentsia and the related concepts, the efficiency of intelligentsia, and a comparison of the relevant situation in Estonia with that of other countries – all those used to be issues evaded or blurred rather than discussed objectively.

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