Toporenko O. Military Training of Senior Girls in the Days of the Second Polish Republic in the Territory of Western Ukraine (1922–1939)

Initial military training of school youth as one of the significant constituents of a national patriotic education which plays constructive role in the being a citizen who is ready to defend a motherland. The real challenge lies in servicemen, scientist, and pedagogues' resorting to search of new mechanisms and military educational technologies in secondary general schools and anti-discrimination practices of girls' involvement together with boys in the process of military training based on equality. One of the most important roles belongs to such school subject as Homeland defence which was taught in the 10th and 11th forms in the general educational establishments (in the 9th form it was optional) having different programmes for boys and girls. As far as the subject was concerned, the schoolgirls dealt only with the healthcare training basics what actually was an obstacle in obtaining primary military knowledge. That is why it is important to Ukraine at present days to obtain historical and pedagogical experience in performing military training of girls in those country regions which were the parts of other countries and those which had similar conditions to Ukrainian ones but became successful in introducing of military segment into general secondary education. Experience in the involvement of both sexes into this process and accumulation of significant practical achievements in this sphere is of utmost importance. The practice concerns the territory of Western Ukraine which was incorporated in the Second Polish Republic between 1919– 1939. Study of military and educational processes in the territory of Galicia and Volyn during the interwar period (1922–1939), when the significant and intensive socioeconomic and military-political changes took place at a time of polonization of all spheres, has great scientific and theoretical importance for current changes happening in the territories of all Ukrainian regions. It gives an opportunity to use past positive experience in military training of girls in the schools, public organisations and social institutions. The object of research is military training of women in the territories of Western Ukraine in the researched period. The subject of research is an origin of military training for senior girls in the territories of Western Ukraine (1922–1939). The aim of study is to find and reveal the origin, content and main peculiarities of military training organisation for senior girls in the territories of Western Ukraine during the period of the Second Polish Republic. Key words: military training, territories of Western Ukraine, the Second Polish Republic, school "hyfcy", senior school age, senior girls, secondary educational establishments, public organisation, military training of women.