The System of Public Education in Penza Governorate in the second half of the 19th\r\nand early 20th centuries. Part 3

This set of articles explores the development of the system of education in Penza\r\nGovernorate, a region in the Russian Empire, in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries\r\n(through to 1917).\r\nThe present paper is the third part of the series. It examines the timeframe from 1895 to 1915.\r\nIn putting this work together, use was primarily made of relevant documents from the\r\nRussian State Historical Archive (Saint Petersburg, Russia), memorandum books, reference books,\r\nand the journals of the Ministry of Public Education Narodnoe Obrazovanie and Obrazovanie.\r\nThe following historical research methods were employed: historical-comparative, historicaltypological, historical-systematic, historical-genetic, and historical-statistical. The general research\r\nmethods employed in this study were analysis of the literature and sources, systems analysis, and\r\nmathematical methods.\r\nA key conclusion drawn from this study was that the period under review witnessed a steady\r\nrise in the number of educational institutions in the region. This especially was the case with its\r\nlower and primary educational institutions. Vis-à-vis the early 1870s, the region’s student body\r\ngrew nearly 10 times, with the largest increase accounted for by its rural residents and the\r\npopulation of its capital, Penza.\r\nMost of the region’s secondary and lower educational institutions had a pronounced agrarian\r\nand technical orientation, while its primary education sector was dominated by parochial schools.