Topical Issues of Archaeology, Ethnography and History
- Author:
- Sergei L. Danilchenko
- Work direction:
- Исторические исследования
- Abstract:
- Domestic education in the period of "enlightened absolutism" made a significant step forward. By the time of Catherine II's accession to the tsarist throne, education expenses amounted to only 0.15% of the state budget. By 1794, 1.28% was already allocated for education in the country, and 9% was spent on the maintenance of the Empress's court. At the end of the XVIII century, there were about 550 different educational institutions in the Russian Empire, in which up to 62,000 students studied. Among them there were about 400 public schools, over 60 theological seminaries and about 60 class-closed educational institutions.
- Keywords:
- Domestic education, the period of "enlightened absolutism", education costs, the state budget, a network of educational institutions, Moscow University, public schools, theological seminaries, class-closed educational institutions