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Makarenko, Anton Semyonovich

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Makarenko, Anton Semyonovich, 1888–1939, Russian educator. In the 1920s, Makarenko organized the Gorky Colony, a home for children left homeless by the Russian Revolution Russian Revolution, violent upheaval in Russia in 1917 that overthrew the czarist government.

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The revolution was the culmination of a long period of repression and unrest.
..... Click the link for more information.  of Oct., 1917. In 1931 became head of Dzerzhinsky Commune, an institution for juvenile offenders. A supporter of Stalin, his theories emphasized the importance of physical labor, discipline, and the collective in education.
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