from 600 to 400 rubles at Petrograd and Moscow, and for the second category—from 500 to 300.
16. Present remunerations likewise apply to private schools having the same governmental rights.
Chairman of the Soviet of People's Commissaires, V. Ulianov (Lenin).
Chief Clerk, V. Bonch-Bruevich.
Secretary of, the Soviet of People's Commissaires, N. Gorbunov.
As an example, one of many, to show the operation of the Soviet principle in the educational matters of portions of the country, the following document (Document No. 5) will illustrate the methods of the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet of Workers' Deputies.
DOCUMENT No. 5
Regulation of the Presidium of the Moscow Soviet of
Workmen's Deputies, Dated May 15th, 1918
Concerning organization of a Section of People's Education.
Supplementing the regulation of the Presidium of the M. S. W. D. of May 11th, the following rulings have been adopted:
1. The Section of People's Education of the Moscow Soviet of Workmen's Deputies is an organ unifying and directing the activities of all cultural-educational and artistic-educational institutions, excepting those which have a State-wide importance.
Therefore the jurisdiction of the Section extends not merely over institutions directly subsidized by the Soviet, but also over those belonging to private individuals and bodies.
2. The Section is headed by a collegium appointed by the Moscow S. W. D., with a membership of 5 persons and 2 candidates.
3. The Section is divided into 3 sub-sections: (a) school, (b) artistic-educational, and (c) educational institutions.
In turn the sub-sections have the following sub-divisions: (a) school section—pre-school, elementary school; secondary and higher vocational education; courses for adults and youths; sanitary science schools, and auxiliary institutions (museums, objects for school accommodations, moving pictures and courses for instructors, etc.); artistic-educational—theatre, music and plastic arts; (b) educational sub-section—libraries, clubs and people's houses.
The above mentioned list of sub-sections, sections and sub-divisions is not necessarily an exhaustive one: new sub-divisions and22
