Surena Dashanimaevna Pilchinova

Naira Dzhudzhueva

Sergei Zharkoi

Konstantin Sakiyaev

Irina Tumurova

A special thanks to Tatiana Anatolievna Danilova,the director of the school museum, Evgeniya Mikhailovna Dianova, a former vozhatii at school No.40 from 1970-75 and Janette Sullivan for proofreading the English text of this project.

A Brief History

December 1960 - December 2022

School No.40 Milestones

On December 6,1960 a Council of Ministers of  the Buryat ASSR resolution was issued, requiring the transfer of  the 8 - year school No.134 to the Ministry of Education.

On December 16,1960  the school No.134 was transferred to the City Educational Department.

In December 1960, the new school was officially opened.

On January 2,1961 the school was renamed to School No.40.

1965 is the year of the first school graduates.

In September 2021, the school was reopened in a new building.

62 years of history - 58 graduating years.

December 1960

September 2021

Former Headteachers

1960 - 1961 

Petr Grigorievich Patenko, a teacher of History, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War

1961 - 1978

Sergei Emelyanovich Zlobin, a teacher of Physics

1978 - 2002

Lidiya Aleksandrovna Postnikova, a teacher of the Russian Language and Literature 

2003 - 2014

Galina Semenovna Chernikh,a teacher of the Russian Language and Literature 

         Current Headteacher

2015 - Present 

Bair Dashinimaevich Tsibikzhapov, a teacher of Physical

Education

   During the past 62 years, thousands of children have been educated within the walls and grounds of a school . Many teachers and staff have committed their time, expertise and knowledge to educate the future generations of our republic. Many of the students have contributed to the development of Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia in a multitude of ways. We are proud of School No.40, its history, educational legacy, and all the teachers who devoted their lives to the children in their classrooms.

      One of the hundreds of teachers that have been at our school is Tamara Ivanovna Sitnikova - a living legend. After graduating from Staritskii Teachers Training College Tamara Ivanovna Vinogradova was sent to Buryat Republic to work as a primary school teacher. While teaching, Tamara Ivanovna received her degree in History and Social Studies at Buryat State Pedagogical Institute. On December 12, 1960 she was one of the first teachers who opened a new school in Zheleznodorozhnii district of Ulan-Ude. Three years later, Tamara Ivanovna became an Assistant Headteacher.She devoted about 50 years of her life  to our school. 

        Here is the history of school No.40 from a living legend.

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            In every Soviet    school, 

there  was a  system that 

organised   students for

educational activities. Every 

level - Oktyabryata (7-9-year old students),Pioneers (10-14 - year old students),Comsomol (15-17-year old  students) has a senior leader - vozhatii.         

Tamara Ivanovna was the best Pioneer and Comsomol leader.

  In 1963 Tamara Ivanovna became the first Assistant Headteacher for Educational activities in Buryatia. This kind of work was new to the Soviet school. It was an experiment in Buryat Republic. The 28-year old teacher faced a great challenge to take the first creative steps in this field. She was sent to many courses in different parts of our big country - Moscow, Krasnodar, Irkutsk, Chita. After studying theory and amassing in-depth knowledge, Tamara Ivanovna happily shared it with teachers from the whole Republic during her lectures. But theory was nothing without experience. That is why our school became a model school in piloting and replicating advanced educational practices.  

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 The all-Union Young Pioneer military-patriotic  game "Zarnitsa" was a massive sports  competition for children organized within the Young Pioneers organization.The word zarnitsa literally means "heat lightning". In 1967, it gained official status and was held across the whole country on a regular basis under the personal control of Marshal Ivan Bagramyan.

    In 1970, Tamara Ivanovna Sitnikova initiated and carried out many games in our republic. She was the heart and soul of the game 'Zarnitsa" in Buryatia. Our school team was well-known in the Soviet Union as one of the best teams of Zarnitsa. In 1971, Marshal Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan greeted our school team, led by Tamara Ivanovna, in the heroic City of Brest, Belarus.