A puppet play about a soldier hare, surveillance of students’ social media, Orwell’s hero labeled a “destructive” character, and drone assembly in math classes — this is how the week unfolded in Russian schools and kindergartens.
📌 A play about a hare who “went to serve”
In Russian kindergartens, a puppet show was staged for February 23 about a hare who decides to join the army. In the story, fairy-tale characters conclude that military service made them stronger and more united. Administrations say such performances instill courage, friendship, and responsibility in preschoolers.
📌 Students’ social media to be monitored
In schools in Tatarstan, students in grades 5–11 were given consent forms for monitoring their social media and messaging accounts. Parents are asked to provide links to their children’s profiles and phone numbers to analyze “destructive content.” Regional education authorities claim the monitoring is voluntary and carried out with parental consent.
📌 The hero of 1984 labeled a radical
At School No. 4 in Tomsk, after watching a film adaptation of Orwell’s 1984, students were told that Winston Smith is a radical. A school report condemned him for “individual attempts to oppose a totalitarian regime,” “hatred of the Party,” and attempts to “undermine trust in it.” The discussion took place במסגרת an anti-terrorism education program.
📌 Math classes with drones
In Vladivostok, schools plan to introduce drone training into math and physics lessons. A pilot project is expected to launch in one of the city’s schools. Regional authorities say the goal is to develop engineering thinking and practical skills.
📌 Russian language in schools in occupied territories
Putin has instructed the development of special Russian language textbooks for schools in the occupied territories of Ukraine. He also proposed introducing a university course titled “Russian as a State Language.”
