Industrial Art Education in Gzhel in the context of the first five-year Development plan of national economy of the USSR
The article examines the history of industrial arts education in Gzhel ceramic area in the context of the implementation of the first five-year plan in the USSR. In a comparative perspective analyses the curricula and content of education of ceramic artists before 1917 and during the 1920s. Stresses that in Soviet times, industrial arts education was seen as a necessary condition for the development of the national economy.