Russia Updates School Textbook List with Regional Histories
Head of the agency Sergey Kravtsov noted that this is a step towards strengthening the unified educational space: in the new school year, the introduction of a series of unified history textbooks for grades 5–9 will be completed, and schools will receive unified study aids for social studies for grades 9–10.
Consensus
- The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation approved an updated federal list of textbooks for use in schools.
- The updated list includes textbooks on the history of newly joined regions of Russia.
- Textbooks titled 'History of Our Region: Donbass and Novorossia' for 5th and 6th–7th grades will be introduced in schools starting September 1, 2026.
- The new textbooks cover the history of the Donbass, Luhansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions from ancient times to the present, including their return to Russia.
- The update is part of a broader effort to establish a unified educational space in Russia.
- The federal list includes textbooks for primary, basic, and secondary general education levels.
- The list also includes textbooks for vocational education (colleges and technical schools), such as 'Civic Education: Basic Level'.
Points of divergence
- The inclusion of regional history textbooks helps ensure a unified educational space and reinforces a common ideological foundation based on traditional intellectual and moral values. — vesti
- The textbook 'History of Our Region: Donbass and Novorossia' covers the period from ancient times to modernity, including the region's history under Ukraine and its return to Russia. — interfax
- The history curriculum will become unified with fixed time allocation and strict thematic order, and civic education will remain only in grades 9–11 starting September 1, 2026. — m24
- The textbook 'History of Our Region: Donbass and Novorossia' includes sections on archaeology, ancient peoples, the settlement of the steppes by Rus, Cossack history, and development under the Russian state. — interfax
- The Ministry of Education emphasized that the transition to new textbooks will be gradual, with a maximum usage period set for excluded textbooks. — m24
Coverage (7 sources)
- Linguist explained why in the RF they claim textbooks on the history of individual regions — Вести
- Head of Ministry of Education told about progress in implementation of new history textbooks — Вести
- Ministry of Education updated federal list of school textbooks — РИАМО
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation updated the federal list of textbooks for all levels of school education — Интерфакс
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation updated the list of textbooks for all levels of school education — Москва 24
- Ministry of Education updated the list of textbooks for schools. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Ministry of Education: Starting September 1, students will receive new history textbooks — Вести
Key entities
- Russia
- Ministry of Education
- Moscow
- Sergey Kravcov
- Ministry of Education
- INTERFAX.RU
- TASS
- RIA Novosti
- IT 'News'
- Russian Academy of Education
- RAO
- Russian Language Center