Zhurnal Ministerstva Narodnogo Prosveshcheniya" as a Source on the History of Public Education in the Caucasus [«Журнал министерства народного просвещения» как источник по истории народного образования на Кавказе]

The work, based on the materials of the issue "Zhurnal ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya", examines the history of the public education system on the territory of the Caucasian Educational District. The attention is paid to the genres of publication used in the journal to disclose this topic. There were used as materials the publications on the history of public education in the Caucasus published in the "Zhurnal ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya"for the period of its existence. Methodologically, the work is constructed using the system method and the method of content analysis. Thanks to the use of these methods, the authors managed to conduct a qualitative and quantitative analysis of materials from the issue "Zhurnal ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya", on the stated topic and draw attention to the evolutionary process that took place in the journal when reflecting the system of public education in the Caucasus in the period from 1853 to 1914. In conclusion, the authors state that "Zhurnal ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya"has repeatedly become a platform for publishing materials about the public education system in the Caucasus. We recorded such publications in the period from 1853 to 1914, and their total number was 79. At the specified time, the following genres of publication were used in the journal: notes on the state of educational institutions, publication of official documents such as regulations, charters and other regulatory documents, reports on the state of the Caucasian Educational District and author's articles on various problems of public education in the Caucasus. The evolution of these genres clearly demonstrated that along with the quality of published materials, the quality of public education in the Caucasus also increased. Copyright © 2021 by Cherkas Global University.