POLITICAL-EDUCATION WORK OF LABOR UNIONS IN THE KUBAN AND STAVROPOL REGIONS IN THE DAYS OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
The article studies one of the most important activities of labor unions in the Kuban and Stavropol regions in days of the Great Patriotic War connected with implementation of political-education work among employees of the enterprises and institutions and the population of the region. Its main tasks, forms and means of implementation are noted. The study shows the features of political-education work implementation in the conditions of wartime consisting in prevalence of military patriotic subject and transferring the majority of events directly to workplaces. Party committees exercised the control of task implementation; their leading role in the organization of political-education work is indicated. The article provides data on the actions carried out by labor unions of Kuban and Stavropol regions in the field of military patriotic education of workers and the population directly in workplaces, places of residence, cultural and educational institutions: recreation centers, dramatic theaters, and libraries. The measures for counteraction to fascist promotion carried out by trade-union activists in hospitals and in labor collectives are considered separately. The process of resumption of activity of trade-union cultural and educational institutions after the end of occupation of Kuban and Stavropol regions, their inclusion in political-education work is covered. The prevalence during this period of the active forms of promotion and propaganda aimed at providing broad coverage of listeners is emphasized. Much attention is paid to implementation of political-education work of labor unions in the rural areas of Kuban and Stavropol regions by the organization of patronage by the city trade-union organizations of nearby collective farms and settlements. The leading role of teachers in carrying out military patriotic education among villagers is noted. The results of political-education work of labor unions of Kuban and Stavropol regions in the conditions of wartime are highly appreciated.