ABSTRACT
Education is a primary means by which a world view and a society’s prevailing moral standards are formed. It is not only a fund of knowledge, which substantially broadens one’s understanding of the world, one’s own and other peoples, and their place in the historical process, but also a purposeful training which can be used to fortify in men’s consciousness friendly attitudes toward other peoples. Education is only one of the most obvious indices of people’s level of culture, and it is not, of course, the only factor that helps expand one’s cultural horizons and overcome prejudices. The ethnic environment determines in large measure the extent to which Russians and members of other nationalities know the language of the titular nationality of the republics in which they live. Promotion of bilingualism and education, and more intense inculcation of cultural habits—these are all measures that, while undoubtedly laborious to implement, are sufficiently amenable to state and social regulation.
