Rodin, Alexander Feoktistovich

He was born on August 10, 1890 in Kolomna in the family of a self-taught artist who worked in a picturesque artel painting a church. After his father died in 1897, leaving his family - a widow and seven children from one to 16 years old, without any means of livelihood, a seven-year-old boy was placed in a Moscow shelter in Syromyatniki, called the "School of the Prince of Oldenburg " ^[2] . Four years later, he was accepted by the state-owned post boarder at the Nabilkovsky Commercial School . Among the teachers of Homeland in the school was a well-known specialist in the Napoleonic Wars , Professor Vasyutinsky , about whom Rodin later spoke very positively in his memoirs.

Already in the second grade, he began to publish the school’s manuscript journal Zvyozdochka; in 1905, as a representative from the elementary grades, he entered the strike committee; in 1908 he entered a revolutionary circle, work in which very soon disappointed him. In the same year, he organized a self-education club called the “Party”, during the period of its existence (1908-1913) more than two hundred people visited it, mainly students from various secondary and higher educational institutions (including young poets Tikhon Churilin , Nadezhda Lvova , Peter Zaitsev). Along with serious disputes ^[3] , literary and musical evenings and excursions around the Moscow Region were arranged.

After graduating from college in 1909, A. F. Rodin began to work in a large trading house “N. A. Korolev and Co. ”, and a year later he entered the evening department of the Commercial Institute . In 1914, at the suggestion of A. A. Pokrovsky , he agreed to take the post of executive secretary-organizer of the circle of storytellers at the Griboedov Library in the Krestovsky outpost. Since that time, Rodin began to conduct excursions for adolescents, who turned out to be more attractive to them than stories.

In 1917, the first book of A. F. Rodin was published, dedicated to the theme of excursion: “Summaries of educational excursions near Moscow. Kolomenskoye. Kuzminki. Ostankino. Losinoostrovskaya. Sparrow Hills". The main focus of the pedagogical activity of the Motherland at this time was the creation of children's and youth clubs. Then, working at the Institute for Planning and Organization of Public Education, he dealt with issues of games and toys - he wrote books: Games and Entertainment, Wit Games, Games in the Winter Outdoors, Summer Playground for Children, “How to make board games yourself,” etc. Having an economic education, he wrote a number of articles and essays on the economy and development of Moscow: “The Moscow Five-Year Plan”, “Moscow in Remelting”, “Tomorrow of the Moscow Region”, etc. In his essays that appeared in the magazines "Pioneer", "Knowledge is Power", "Counselor", "Young Guard "were more local history than economic, - this is especially manifested in the book" Business Street of the big city. Production and local history essay on Myasnitskaya Street in Moscow ”(1926).

After local history fell into disgrace, A.F. Rodin began to conduct historical circles in schools, in the homes of pioneers, and held seminars for teachers. For classes, he invited lecturers to the members of the closed "Old Moscow" - P. N. Miller , B. S. Zemenkov , N. A. Geinike , the library seeker Ivan the Terrible I. Ya. Stelletsky .

In November 1941, he organized a historical circle for children at the House of Scientists ; in 1943, he began conducting a local history seminar at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Teachers. At the initiative of A.F. Rodin, a Headquarters for the Study of Moscow was created, which began to hold Moscow competitions.

In 1947, A. F. Rodin defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of pedagogical sciences, "Methodology for Studying the History of Moscow by High School Students" ^[4] . In 1947-1961, A.F. Rodin worked at the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the RSFSR. In 1961, he was sent to retirement "for health reasons." The author of the book of memoirs "From the Past"

He died on June 18, 1963. He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery .

• Rodin A.F. From the practice of new cultural work. - M., 1915.
• Rodin A. F. ... Summaries of educational excursions near Moscow: Kolomenskoye. Kuzminki. Ostankino. Losinoostrovskaya. Sparrow Hills. - M .: Gor. typ., 1917
• Rodin A.F. Vorobyovy Gory and their surroundings. - M.: MGSPS "Work and Book", 1924. - 58 p.
• Lvov K.I., Rodin A.F. Club work at school. - M-L .: State publishing house (GIZ), 1926. - 152 p. - (Series: Teacher Library).
• Rodin A.F. Business street of a big city. Production and study of local lore Myasnitskaya street in Moscow. - M .: Worker of education, 1926. - 104 p.
• A. Rodin Moskau heute und morgen. - Moskau: Verlagsgenossenschaft ausländischer Arbeiter in der UdSSR, 1932
• Rodin A.F. Extracurricular educational work in elementary school. - M .: Uchpedgiz, 1940 .-- 124 p. - (Series: Teacher Library).
• Rodin A.F. History of the hometown: Method. manual for teachers school. - M .: Publishing house of Acad. ped Sciences of the RSFSR, 1951
• Rodin A.F. Tolstoy places in Moscow. Excursions through the streets of the city to the 125th anniversary of the birth of Leo Tolstoy. - M .: publishing house APN RSFSR, 1953. - 48 p.
• Rodin A.F. History of the native village. The allowance for extracurricular activities of the local historian. - M .: publishing house APN RSFSR, 1954. - 168 p. - (Series: Teacher’s Pedagogical Library).
• Rodin A.F. Extracurricular work on history: Lecture for teachers. - M.: Publishing House of the APN of the RSFSR, 1956
• Rodin A.F. Extra-curricular historical and local history work at school. - M .: Publishing house APN RSFSR, 1958. - 101 p.
• Rodin A.F. “From the Past” (memories). - M.: "Education", 1965. - 212 p.
• Rodin A.F., Efimov Yu. E. Excursion work on history. A manual for teachers. - M.: "Education", 1974. - 136 p.
• Rodin A.F. Travel around Moscow! - M.: Publishing. Tonchu House, 2011.

• Muravyov V. B. “Considering himself forever obliged ...” // Moscow Local Lore Scientists. - M .: "Book Garden", 1997. - T. 3 . - S. 315-350 .
• Muravyov V. B. Essay on the life and work of A. F. Rodin // Travel around Moscow! - M.: Publishing House Tonchu, 2011.
• The founder of Moscow scholars of the House-Palace of Pioneers Alexander Feoktistovich Rodin and the Rodin Muscovite Readings