The System’s Evolution of Church and Parish Schools Western Siberia at the Boundary of the XIX–XX Centuries

In article educational activity of the Russian Orthodox church is considered at a boundary of the XIX–XX centuries on the territory of Western Siberia. Authors state results of the analysis of the historical sources allowing to track process of emergence and development of elementary church schools in the region undertaken by it. Aspects of institute’s work are covered of diocesan observers and diocesan school boards. The existing church schools were the only possibility of familiarizing with knowledge of the basic to the population of the region of this period. The value of educational activity of church was especially great, at extensiveness of territories, big remoteness of settlements from each other and lack of territorial establishments in Western Siberia. The conclusion is that the system of church schools was developed in parallel with system of secular education of similar level. The competition between two systems forced to find new effective methods of work and constantly to improve vocational training of teaching personnel that eventually played a positive role in development of domestic primary education