Introduction. Socio-economic development of one of the villages of Mordovia in the 1920s–1930s emerges the scientific interest, since the development of rural areas remains one of the priorities of the regional policy. The New Economic Policy created conditions for the development of the peasant economy by introducing a tax in kind, allowing free trade and leasing land. The study of collectivization raises questions about the effectiveness of collective forms of management, which does not lose relevance in modern conditions of a variety of forms of ownership and the search for effective ways to develop agriculture. Materials and Methods. Materials used: archival documents, periodical publications and memoirs of the inhabitants of the village Novye Verkhissy. The methods that have been applied are narrative; the method of deduction combined with the method of induction; idiographic method. Results. During the famine in 1921–1922 in Novye Verkhissy, as a result of drought and devastation during the Civil War and “military communism”, sown areas decreased, crop yields decreased, and livestock breeding suffered. Famine of 1924–1925 after a drought and crop failure, was overcome by issuing irrevocable grain loans to the population and creating a public plowing and seed fund. In the early 1930s the collective farm “Red Mordovia” was created in the village. Advances in hemp production in the second half of the 1930s brought the collective farm to a leading position in the Insar district. A school, a library, a kindergarten, a People’s House worked in Novye Verkhissy, mail was delivered to the village, local self-government solved the social and cultural problems of the village. Discussion and Conclusion. Among the problems discussed in the literature of the socio-economic development of the countryside in the 1920s–1930s: the problem of the extent of the famine of 1921–1922 and the famine of 1924–1925; the problem of the effectiveness of the NEP for the development of the countryside; the problem of the damage caused by mass collectivization. Socio-economic development of village Novye Verkhissy in the 1920s–1930s corresponded to the patterns prevailing in Mordovia and in the country during this period. The New Economic Policy allowed the village of Mordovia to recover by 1928. During the years of collectivization, on the one hand, there was a partial mechanization of peasant labor, its productivity increased, the infrastructure of the village developed, and the market for agricultural products expanded. On the other hand, dispossession took place, hard work prevailed in the village, famine in the early 1930s claimed many lives. In the socio-cultural sphere of the village in the 1920s–1930s progress was observed: schools and libraries were built, public self-government was developed.

October 8-9, 2020 in the city of Saransk within the framework of the Finno-Ugric scientific and public forum “We are all Russia!” the most significant issues related to the preservation of the ethnic and civic identity of the Finno-Ugric peoples were discussed. The main organizers of the forum were the Federal Agency for Nationalities of the Russian Federation, the All-Russian Public Movement “Association of the Finno-Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation”, Ogarev Mordovia State University. The key events of the forum were the International Scientific Conference “Finno-Ugric Peoples in the Context of Formation of the All-Russian Civic Identity and the Changing Environment”, the All-Russian Scientific Conference “Finno-Ugric Peoples in the Socio-Economic and Cultural Space of Russia”, the meeting of the Bureau of the Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples of the Russian Federation. The events were held dew to the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and “The History of the Motherland” Fund. The actualization of the topic of the forum is due to the need to conduct and present the results of interdisciplinary research in the field of complex Finno-Ugric studies as an important area of modern science. It is focused on promoting the further development of scientific, cultural, linguistic and other cooperation of kindred Finno-Ugric peoples. Representatives of the scientific world, public organizations, federal and regional authorities, experts who successfully study the development of the multinational people of the Russian Federation and the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia and foreign countries, the most important components of ethnic culture, largely determining and reflecting its features, preservation of the identity of the multinational people. The holding of the forum strengthened the integration of scientific developments, a productive dialogue was formed between specialists and scientists not only in the social and humanitarian field, but also in natural science, information and other fields of scientific knowledge, increasing the effectiveness of their research and applied developments in the study of Finno-Ugric issues.

Introduction. For its centuries-old history, in the development of various branches of scientific knowledge, Russia has relied on scientific schools – leading centers that determine the prospects for the development of science, its goals, objectives, strategic priorities, designed to unite and strengthen the work of scientists on certain issues. In the late 80s and early 90s of the last century, the researchers of our country addressed the problem of socio-economic development, attempts to identify the causes of their occurrence, to determine the ways out of the current situation, became the impetus for the creation of the Centers for Economic History. The purpose of the article is to study the history of formation, development, determination of the main directions of activity, analysis of the work and functioning of the Center for Economic History of the Central Russia and the Middle Volga Region at Mordovia State University. Materials and Methods. When solving the set research tasks, the materials of the Center for Economic History of Central Russia and the Middle Volga Region, information and analytical bulletins, conference programs, reports, scientific works of the team, reviews, analytical reviews were used. The article uses a micro historical approach, narrative, traditional methods of historical research. Results. The expediency of creating the Center is due to the processes that took place in many vital spheres of Russia, including science and education. The main purpose of the Center was the reproduction and generation of historical, historical and economic knowledge and knowledge of social and humanitarian informatics, as well as their transfer to the system of training bachelors, undergraduates, highly qualified personnel and the modern humanitarian space. Discussion and Conclusion. At the present stage, the economic history of the Republic of Mordovia is known to the wide scientific community largely due to the activities of the Center, which is represented in the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the problems of Russian and world economic history. Over the years, the scientists of the Center have accumulated significant experience in studying economic history, organizing and conducting scientific events, publishing, expanding the boundaries of scientific research, acquiring scientific connections and contacts. All this allows the staff of the Center to continue further research aimed at the formation of the humanitarian space and socio-cultural environment of modern society.

Introduction. In recent years, the state has been paying great attention to the national development of the regions of the Russian Federation, in which the education sector plays an important role. Regionalization of education involves the creation of conditions for the functioning of regional educational systems in accordance with the cultural needs of the regions, taking into account the national and regional specifics and identity. For fifteen years, the ideological policy of the state in the field of education has been implemented in Mordovia, there is a tendency to teach the native (Mokshan or Erzyan) language. The study of this process is necessary for the formation of the prospects for the development of the regional educational space at the present time. Materials and Methods. The study is based on the use of problem-chronological and historical-comparative methods, which make it possible to trace the history of the development of schools and pedagogical educational institutions of the region in dynamics, to consider general patterns and regional features of the development of the school system. Results. In the course of the study, the features of the development of national education in the Mordovian territory were studied from the moment the Mordovian state autonomy was founded (late 1920s – 1930s) to the present. The specificity of the Soviet model of school education was considered, as well as the school in the post-Soviet period. In addition, the system of teaching national languages, which has developed today, has been analyzed. Discussion and Conclusion. The study of the basic principles of the development of national education in Mordovia showed that at different stages the degree of implementation of the regional component in the general education system was different. A specific feature of educational policy in the USSR was the gradual denationalization of schools on the basis of a single Russian language. The tendency towards teaching the native language in the system of secondary (general) education in Mordovia began to manifest itself by the beginning of the 1990s. The main task of the Ministry of Education of Mordovia was to ensure the coordinated combination of the Mordovian and Russian components in the general educational institutions of the republic. The revival of high-quality teaching of Mordovian languages fell on the 2000s, when, with the support of regional and federal authorities, a movement began to restore the prestige of the national school.