The Pedagogical Periodical Press in the Kazan Educational District, the Russian Empire (1865-1917)

This study explored the pedagogical periodical press in the prerevolutionary Kazan Educational District, the Russian Empire. The study relied on a set of relevant reference, encyclopedic, and academic sources. In terms of methodology, use was made of content analysis and the historical-chronological method. The study’s findings revealed that the pedagogical periodical press in the Kazan Educational District emerged in 1865. Before the downfall of the Russian Empire in 1917, the region published 10 academic journals. Most of these periodicals were published in Kazan - 6 items (inclusive of a periodical originally created in Simbirsk, which eventually was moved to Kazan). Two of the 10 journals were produced in Samara, 1 in Astrakhan, and 1 in Saratov. The majority of the journals were connected to the Ministry of Public Education. As a result, these periodicals remained in existence up to 1916-1917. There were exceptional cases, which included Zhizn i Shkola , a politicized pedagogical periodical that eventually was closed down by the government, and Sbornik Semeyno-Pedagogicheskogo Kruzhka v Gorode Kazani , a journal created on the initiative of a small group of people.