This article analyzes and characterizes the daily living and teaching conditions of Belarusian teachers after the liberation of the republic from the occupiers and in the first post-war years, based on a comprehensive study of regulatory documents and archival sources, combined with a constructive summary of Soviet and post-Soviet historiographic publications. It also examines the limitations of the local government’s implementation of state social policy to improve teachers’ financial situation, including the creation of favorable housing and basic living conditions, timely payment of wages, and provision of food and industrial goods.

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