The Russian Prerevolutionary Periodical Press on Out-Of-School Education (1907–1917)

This work examines the Russian prerevolutionary periodical press on out-of-school education. The study’s source base was a diverse body of literature exploring the periodical press of the Russian Empire period. The use of the chronological method helped gain an insight into the impact of World War I on the nation’s periodical press on out-of-school education, and the use of the content analysis method helped establish which of the journals were produced by individual publishers and which were published by academic societies. The study’s findings revealed that out-of-school education was covered in prerevolutionary Russia by 12 academic pedagogical journals, which were produced from 1907 to 1917. Due to their distinctive nature, these journals were edited and published by private societies or private publishers. It was rare for most of them to be produced for a long time (e.g., Samoobrazovaniye and Izvestiya Samarskogo Obshchestva Narodnykh Universitetov were published from 1909 to 1917 and from 1910 to 1916, respectively). Half of the journals, 6 of the 12, lasted between 1 and 3 issues, which mainly was due to the outbreak of World War I and the use of tougher censorship measures.