ВСЕСТОРОННЕЕ РАЗВИТИЕ ЛИЧНОСТИ

All-Round Development of the Individual

An essential condition for the building of communist society. All-Round Development of the Individual implies harmonious development of spiritual qualities, moral purity, and physical perfection in the individual. The harmoniously developed individual has a scientific world outlook and profound knowledge. He is free from survivals of the past, treats labour as a prime and vital necessity, voluntarily observes the moral code of the builder of communism, and is highly developed physically.

Creation of the material and technical basis of communism and the development of socialist social relations into communist relations are the main premises for All-Round Development of the Individual. The Programme of the CPSU and other Party documents stress that it is an objective and natural process in socialist society. It is dictated above all by the needs of material production, inasmuch as modern technology requires versatile operators. The conditions for All-Round Development of the Individual are created by the achievements of socialism and the gradual transition to communism. All working people will have equal opportunities for creative labour and a free and equal choice of occupation, taking into account the interests of society. Increased leisure offers wide opportunities for developing the individual's gifts and talents. All-Round Development of the Individual is intimately connected with cultural and technical progress, elimination of the essential distinctions between town and country, between mental and physical labour. Lenin said it is essential "to educate school people, give them all-round development and an all-round training, so that they know how to do everything." Ability to perform many different types of work in communist society does not, however, rule out division of labour and specialization.