Abstract

SILVA, Bárbara Higa; VIEIRA, Marina Tucunduva Bittencourt Porto  and  MENEZES, Fabiano Lourenço de. The strength of education in the integration of refugees in Brazil: Russian children in the city of Santos (1958-1968). Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.51, pp.41-59. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org//10.7213/1981-416X.17.051.DS02.

This article was based on a research that analyzed the Institute of St. Vladimir, between the years 1958-1968. The Institute of St. Vladimir was an institution created to integra te Russian children coming as refugees from China in the city of Santos. The internees attended local schools, where they had a formal education during the day and informal education in the institute. The aim of the institution was to integrate them in a new culture without losing contact with the Russian culture. The research was qualitative and with the use of oral history technique, we collected five testimonies: from a former director, from three former internees and from one former visitor. The study analyzed the educational strategies employed in the Institute of St. Vladimir to preserve and disseminate Russian culture and how such strategies influenced the children that attended the institute. The results indicate that the process to integrate Russian refugee children in Brazil was a land mark in the process of local integration of refugees. It was concluded that the Institute left important marks in their lives of the internes, especially related to culture hybridization. Today the former children from the institute still attending Russian festivities in the city of São Paulo, where you can observe the interrelation of Russian and Brazilian cultures.

Keywords : Russian Refugees; Local Integration; City of Santos; Education.

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