THE CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL SOCIETIES OF ST. PETERSBURG OF THE LATE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURY

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of Russian pre-revolutionary education and the educational societies of St. Petersburg of the late XIX – early XX century as one of the components of this problem. The author classifies 136 educational societies and groups up the educational societies according to some parameters: the duration of the existence of the society, the age of visitors, the purpose of the activity, the national attribute. The classification clearly shows which spheres of public life were affected by the activities of educational societies. The presented material allows us to conclude that the analysis of the activities of educational societies of St. Petersburg of the late XIX – early XX century and their classification can be useful both for the theory and practice of Russian education.