Economics Education in Eastern Siberia in the Context of Modernization Processes of the 20th Century. Thoughts on the Book by Alexander Sukhodolov and Dmitry Maidachevsky

The article is devoted to the analysis of the monograph by Alexander Sukhodolov and Dmitry Maidachevsky on the problem of the making and development of economics education in Eastern Siberia. It is noted that the authors addressed the necessity and prerequisites for the formation of commercial schools; economics education in the Irkutsk State University in the 1920s; the foundation of the Siberian Financial and Economic Institute and its further evolution. The article highlights debatable questions about the model of the making of the Siberian university, the correlation of the «academic» and «pragmatic» directions in the training of specialists, the fate and fortunes of university education in the region, and the new tasks in the system of higher education to date. The author makes a conclusion that the monograph is a significant contribution to the modern historiography of the history of education and science in Siberia.