HISTORY OF THE KANSK SCHOOL OF ARTS № 1: FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT DAY
For the first time in Russian musicology, the article presents materials about the history of the Kansk Children's Art School, the first one in Krasnoyarsk Territory. The analysis of documents allows to get an idea of the demographic, national, political and social specifics of the city. On the basis of documents preserved in the Kansk city Archive, interviews with school employees and unique information provided by Galina Vladimirovna Anashkina, the details of the formation and development of a regional institution of primary music education are traced. Its history from the 1920s to the present day is considered in the context of the transformations that took place in the country as a whole and in the system of musical education in particular. The influence of cultural processes on the Kansk school functioning is traced. The article presents information about the first teachers, as well as about workers of art who came to Siberia after the October Revolution.