Bulletin of Nizhnevartovsk State UniversityBulletin of Nizhnevartovsk State University2311-14022686-8784Nizhnevartovsk State University49247Research ArticleOn reasons behind school reform of 1958PrishchepaAlexander IvanovichDoctor of History, Professor of the Department of History of Russiapai@kir.sorgu.ruSurgut State University151220124586105112020Copyright © 2012, Prishchepa A.I.2012The author of the article examines the education reform that took place in 1958, its prehistory and links it with the political life in USSR during the “20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union epoch”Communist Party of the Soviet Unionschool reform“Khrushev’s Thaw”dissidenceadministrative and command regimeКПССшкольная реформа«оттепель»инакомыслиеадминистративно-командный режим[Власть и оппозиция. Российский политический процесс XX столетия. М., 1995.][Государственный архив Свердловской области.][Хоскинг Дж. История Советского Союза. 1917—1991. М., 1994.][Центр документации общественных организаций Свердловской области.]