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The School Museum of History
of Russian Deaf-and-Dumb Pedagogy
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 Museum's certificate
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By the year 1988 Elena
Komarova, the teacher of the Russian language and
Literature, with some help from other teachers managed to
organise the first exposition of the museum, the grand
opening of which took place on the 25th anniversary of
the school's movement to a new building. |
 Elena Komarova (1926 - 1990)
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Rescription of the museum's
exposition
The exposition consists out of 3 halls and a gallery,
which marks the beginning of the museum.
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Gallery
The first stand is dedicated to the founder of the
museum Mrs. E. Komarova. The main subject of the gallery
is the story of the people, who managed to conquest their
deafness. Among them is O. Scorohodova, who became a
scientist, writer and poet; K. Tsiolkovsky, who lost his
hearing ability at the age of 9, but managed to become a
famoust scientist, and many others.
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First
Hall
The first hall is dedicated to the history of Russian
deaf-and-dumb pedagogy. The exposition opens with a book
by G. Gurtsev, published in 1838, containing an
encyclopaedic course of methodical and practical lessons
for the deaf. This book is the one of the first attempts
to educate of the deaf in Russia.
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In the exposition you will
find a portrait of a well-known Russian poet's Pushkin's
father painted by a deaf artist K. Gampeln, who was a
teacher in the school for the deaf in St. Petersburg. |
 K. Gampeln. Portrait of S. Pushkin, 1821.
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The next stand presents the
important events in the history of deaf-and-dumb pedagogy
in the second part of the 19th century, like the opening
of Arnold-Tretyakov
school for the deaf and the first kindergarten. |
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Special place is allocated to
the Rau dynasty. F. Rau
was the founder of the analytic-synthetical method of
teaching, his wife was the founder of the first
kindergarten for the deaf, and their children became
their followers. |
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The main events from 1921 to the 1980s
are presented in detail to the visitors on the next stand
(the history of the Soviet deaf-and-dumb pedagogy). These
are not just photo-graphs, they are the story of
education of the deaf, they are also the revelation of
more and more abilities and achievements of people with
hearing disability.
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Second
Hall This hall accommodates an
exposition, which tells the visitors about the work done
by the school No. 1838, its graduates and other events
goings on in the school's life. For many years the school
has been using a specially designed learning programmes,
which was compiled taking into account of the variety of
our children's abilities.
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Over the years the school has grown
immensely, and now, by the 1 April 1998, it consists of
40 classes and 5 groups for younger children, which
altogether makes up a number as high as 314 pupils. The
school is well equipped with computers, large classrooms,
and is able to offer a large sports stadium mainly used
for athletics. |
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The school emphasizes the importance of
sport in a child's life and pays a great deal of
attention to sport activities. The pupils are often
entered into sport competitions for people with hearing
problems. A large part of the 2nd hall is dedicated to
other activities and presents to the visitor a large
choice of clubs and lessons offered by the school to its
students. |
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Third
Hall
The third hall reveals the foreign affairs and close
relationships with other schools and unititions all over
the world working in the same educational sphere.
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