The System of Public Education in Penza Governorate in the second half of the 19th and early 20thcenturies. Part 1

This set of articles explores the development of the education system in Penza Governorate, a region in the Russian Empire, in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries (through to 1917). The present paper examines the prerevolutionary, Soviet, and contemporary historiography and relevant sources for the study of the topic. It employs a set of traditional and nontraditional historical and general research methods. It provides an outline of the region's economic, social, political, and geographical characteristics. It provides a quantitative and qualitative insight into the state of the system of public education in the region as of 1854. A conclusion was drawn that the source base on the subject, especially its segment dealing with the first half of the 19th century, is quite scant. A highly valuable source for statistics on the subject is the so-called “memorandum books”. There is a lack of fundamental research on the subject too. The authors' conclusion is that by the mid-1850s Penza Governorate had an underdeveloped education system - even vis-à-vis the then-newly incorporated areas of the Caucasus. The governorate had 28 educational institutions. That is, the region had an average of about 3,000 urban residents per educational institution. The low level of development of the education sector in Penza Governorate at the time must have been associated with the region's relative remoteness and vastness, its complex climatic conditions, and the prevalence there of traditional crafts, which did not require literacy.

Авторы
Mamadaliev A.M.1, 2 , Nikitina V.S. 3 , Svechnikova N.V.4
Издательство
Academic Publishing House Researcher
Номер выпуска
1
Язык
Английский
Страницы
275-285
Статус
Опубликовано
Том
11
Год
2022
Организации
  • 1 Cherkas Global University
  • 2 Volgograd State University
  • 3 Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
  • 4 Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Ключевые слова
system of public education; Penza governorate; education in Penza Governorate; public schools
Дата создания
28.12.2023
Дата изменения
28.12.2023
Постоянная ссылка
https://repository.rudn.ru/ru/records/article/record/95497/
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