SCHOOL EDUCATION REFORM OF THE PRE-REVOLUTIONARY (1917) PERIOD: LANGUAGES OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA

The relevance of the study is determined by the study of the processes of reforming the education system in the period from 1726 to 1917, which was carried out in the Russian Empire with the aim of modernizing society, overcoming universal illiteracy. It is the degree of development of the education system that ensures the level of literacy, education of the population, forms certain personality qualities, which contributes to the economic development of the state and the social growth of society. In this context, in a state with a multi-ethnic composition, historically formed not by migrants, but by local residents, issues related to the organization of education for the peoples inhabiting the Russian Empire, which was implemented within the framework of the doctrine of the state integrity of a multinational state, deserve special attention. Only Russia has such experience and it needs to be studied