A.L. Yakovlev
Training Machine-Operators in the Baikal Region: 1930-1950s
The article describes the peculiarities of formation and development of a system to train machine-operators. Specific examples illustrating work of mechanization schools in the Baikal region are given. The author shows the number of machine-operators in agriculture, their qualitative composition.
Key words: training the personnel, machine and tractor stations, agricultural mechanization school, MTS courses, tractor driver, combine operator, mechanical engineer, instructors, pupils, Baikal region, Irkutsk region, Chita region, Buryat-Mongol ASSR.