The total length of service of the oldest teaching dynasty in the Vitebsk region is 409 years

May 12, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The total length of service of the oldest pedagogical dynasty in the Vitebsk region exceeds 400 years. This was announced by the head of the education department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Ivan Shchurok, today at the first regional gathering of pedagogical dynasties of the Vitebsk region, a BELTA correspondent reports. The founder of the Korshikov dynasty, Anna Nikolaevna Slabova, graduated from the pedagogical department of the gymnasium of the Prince P.G. Oldenburg Charitable Institution in 1915 and taught at Sunday courses for workers along with Nadezhda Krupskaya. In total, four generations of this family have produced 12 educators and teachers of various disciplines. Many of them have achieved significant success in their work. For example, Fyodor Kochnev, Honored Scientist and Technician of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, was the rector of the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers from 1955 to 1980. Pavel Korshikov was awarded the badge "Excellence in Public Education" for his long-term work in the education system, and Nadezhda Korshikova received the badge "Excellence in Education of the Republic of Belarus". Today, this is the oldest pedagogical dynasty in the Vitebsk region, with a total length of service of 409 years. Other representatives of pedagogical dynasties of the Dvina region are also proud of having multiple generations of teachers in their families: Yakovlevs, Kirillovs, Kozlovs, Yurkevichs, Gorbikovs, Mekhedko. Today, they, along with other education workers who are continuing the labor traditions of their families, became the main guests of the festive event. In total, about 100 people representing 24 pedagogical dynasties from all cities and districts of the Vitebsk region took part in it. However, there are many more hereditary teachers in the region, Ivan Shchurok emphasized. "And this is gratifying. This fact is evidence that teaching is, first and foremost, a calling, and only then a profession. Thanks to these people, the prestige of our challenging work is growing and strengthening," he added. -0-