The article deals with the establishment of pedagogical universities of the Lower Volga region in the 1930s. The author analyzes the features of the organization of institute work, highlights the characteristic features of their development, traces the impact of the state educational policy on the reform of the system of management of teacher training universities.

The article presents the data on the losses of the Wehrmacht troops in the Battle of Stalingrad, deals with the role of the Battle of Stalingrad in disrupting the plans to attack the USSR by Turkey and Japan, the international significance of the Battle on the Volga manifested in the activation of the national liberation and anti-fascist movement around the world.

The article deals with the research activities of higher professional educational institutions of the Lower Volga region in the 1930s. The forms of organization of scientific work, the sources and nature of research funding are under consideration.

The article deals with the organization of educational work in higher schools of Stalingrad during the period of their establishment. It represents the achievements and challenges arising as the result of the difficulties of this period.

There is considered the issue of formation of teaching staff at higher schools of the Lower Volga Region in the 1930s. There are revealed the peculiarities of teaching staff selection at specialized higher schools, analyzed the general tendencies of the process at the institutes of the Lower Volga Region in this period.