The Russian Prerevolutionary Periodical Press on Out-Of-School Education\r\n(1907–1917)

This work examines the Russian prerevolutionary periodical press on out-of-school education.\r\nThe study’s source base was a diverse body of literature exploring the periodical press of the\r\nRussian Empire period. The use of the chronological method helped gain an insight into the impact\r\nof World War I on the nation’s periodical press on out-of-school education, and the use of the\r\ncontent analysis method helped establish which of the journals were produced by individual\r\npublishers and which were published by academic societies.\r\nThe study’s findings revealed that out-of-school education was covered in prerevolutionary\r\nRussia by 12 academic pedagogical journals, which were produced from 1907 to 1917. Due to their\r\ndistinctive nature, these journals were edited and published by private societies or private publishers.\r\nIt was rare for most of them to be produced for a long time (e.g., Samoobrazovaniye and Izvestiya\r\nSamarskogo Obshchestva Narodnykh Universitetov were published from 1909 to 1917 and from\r\n1910 to 1916, respectively). Half of the journals, 6 of the 12, lasted between 1 and 3 issues, which\r\nmainly was due to the outbreak of World War I and the use of tougher censorship measures.