The All-Russian Teachers' Union (Vserossiiskii soiuz uchitelei, or VUS[1]) was a trade union for teachers founded in the 1890s[2] and active during the Russian revolutions of 1917.
After the Bolshevik seizure of power in the October Revolution, the VUS went on strike along with officials of the Ministry of Education and the State Education Committee.
The Petrograd branch of the VUS resolved "not to perform the instructions of the self-styled power.
[3] The Bolsheviks claimed that the VUS was receiving financial backing from Pavel Ryabushinsky.
Anatoly Lunacharsky commented in Petrogradskii uchitel: [3]