VOICES OF JAPANESE CHILDREN IN SOVIET CHILDREN’S PERIODICALS

The article reviews the history of publications in Soviet children’s periodicals (Pionerskaya Pravda (“Pioneer Truth”), Pioneer (“Pioneer”), Koster (“Bonfire”), etc.) drawings, letters and artistic texts created by Japanese children. Mention is made articles specialists art education published journal Detskaya literatura (“Children’s Literature”). main body identified; letters, stories poems are cited, drawings engravings described. materials covered chronological order considered context Soviet-Japanese relations. Their themes compared with image Japan that was relevant USSR corresponding period. material makes it possible to trace how ideological factor influenced formation for During Thaw, contain elements inherent official Cold War discourse: social problems after World II, remilitarization, US military aggression, tragedy Hiroshima Nagasaki, anti-nuclear anti-American struggle, national identity. Since 1970s, these topics have disappeared from children, replaced a benevolent interest USSR, almost devoid an component.