I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN

I. Yakovlev, theatre, music, Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers’ School.

The article considers I. Yakovlev’s views on theater and music as means of spiritual and moral, and also aesthetic education of the individual; pays particular attention to the activities of Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers’ School in the formation of spiritual and aesthetic culture at students through the use of various types of musical and theatrical arts: declamation, dramatization of Krylov’s fables, performances based on the works of classics of the Russian literature, choir singing, playing different musical instruments etc.; various events at school and at concert venues in the city of Simbirsk: folk games, dances, literary and musical events, literature and poetry parties, theatrical performances, visiting the theatre, participation of the school choir and orchestra in celebrations on various occasions in Simbirsk town hall and in the hall of Simbirsk Nobility Assembly, at Simbirsk Diocesan School, students’ Sokol gymnastics performances accompanied by a brass band in the town square. The article briefly covers the activities of the students of Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers’ School and I. Yakovlev’s descendants in the field of the theatrical and musical art.

Гималиев Вагиз Галялдинович – кандидат педагогических наук, доцент кафедры иностранных языков № 2 Чувашского государственного университета имени И. Н. Ульянова, г. Чебоксары, Россия; e-mail: vagizgimaliev@mail.ru