War and the State in the Value Orientations and Everyday Professional Practices of Russian Teachers
Journal: Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia
Year: 2025

This study analyses the impact of the war in Ukraine and related state initiatives aimed at the militarization and unification of Russian education on the daily lives and value systems of teachers. The empirical basis of the research consists of 43 semi-structured interviews with educators from 11 regions of Russia and the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic”. The responses of these participants do not support the traditional view of the school as a ‘victim’ or the dominance of ‘silent’ or ‘res