UNKNOWN MANUSCRIPTS OF SOFIA RUSOVA

Abstract

The article highlights the newly discovered in the Central Archives of the highest authorities of Ukraine handwritten materials, the author of which is a prominent figure of the Ukrainian national liberation movement, one of the founders of the Ukrainian national education Sofia Rusova. The materials were found in the collection of the Ministry of Education of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian Hetmanate.The revealed works are devoted to the introduction of excursions in the educational process, in particular in the study of geography ("Winter Excursions in Primary School") and in extracurricular work (draft plan of the advisor on the organization of excursions). The participation of Sofia Rusova in the development of the curriculum of the Ukrainian school in geography, her activity on the creation of the excursion department of the Department of extracurricular education and preschool education of the Ministry of Education in 1917-1919 is highlighted. The main ideas of S. Rusova on the introduction of winter excursions in primary school, their educational potential, objects for display. The ideas of S. Rusova, set out in the draft content of the guide for excursion organizers. It is determined that Sofia Rusova stood at the origins of educational tourism in the Ukrainian school and was one of the founders of the tourist and local history direction of out-of-school education in Ukraine.