The Making of Professional Psychological Selection in the Red Army in the 1920’s

Occupation: Prof., the Department of Sociology, Head of Sociological Laboratory
Affiliation: Moscow State Linguistic University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 5

Pages

127-138

Abstract

The article describes the problem of formation and development of professional psychological selection in the USSR in the 1920s. The most systematic and significant aspect of this work was carried out in the ranks of the Red Army. A number of events and scientific data based on the analysis of periodicals, small circulation literature and archival materials of the post-revolutionary period are introduced into academic use. They are related to the mass survey, selection and distribution of military contingents and candidates for entering military schools. Experience and prospects of using psychological methods in sociology, in particular, test methods, are examined. The article continues a series of publications by the author about empirical research in the Red Army in the 1920s.

Keywords

professional psychological selection, The Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, test methods, USSR, 1920s

Received

23.04.2020

Publication date

27.04.2020

Number of characters

34341

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GOST	Obraztsov I. The Making of Professional Psychological Selection in the Red Army in the 1920’s // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2020. – Issue 5 C. 127-138 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250009412-6-1-en (circulation date: 03.07.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009412-6
MLA	Obraztsov, Igor V "The Making of Professional Psychological Selection in the Red Army in the 1920’s." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 5 (2020):127-138. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009412-6
APA	Obraztsov I. (2020). The Making of Professional Psychological Selection in the Red Army in the 1920’s. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (5), pp.127-138 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009412-6

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