Konstantin Mogilevsky, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Historical Society, said that the state electronic database of history textbooks in Russia could be created before the end of this year. DEA News”.
He explained that today in Russian universities, printed textbooks are almost never used, and electronic databases are commercially purchased. As a result, to save money, some universities do not have the most modern foundations.
“When we examine the bases in history, we see that there are no good ones. Therefore, the Russian Historical Society attempts to collect an electronic library of the highest quality historical literature for universities. “We will propose to the Ministry of Education and Science that this copyright-cleared system be state-owned on the basis of a state publishing house so that it can be transferred free of charge to Russian universities and universities in the Donbass,” Mogilevsky said. .
According to him, in order to select the appropriate literature, it is necessary to conduct a large-scale expert study on the analysis of more than 4.5 thousand history textbooks currently used in universities. The second stage is normative work.
Mogilevsky said his association could complete the first part of the work before the end of the summer, while the rest of the work could be completed before the end of the year.
Earlier it was reported that the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation will allocate about 1 billion rubles to the regions. for the purchase of state symbols in schools.