Yanuarii Mikhailovich Neverov (1810–1893): Some Touches to the Biographical Portrait (To the 215th Anniversary of His Birth)

This manuscript is dedicated to the 215th anniversary of Ya.M. Neverov and highlights some aspects of his biography. The materials were the works of Neverov himself, as well as biographical works about his personality and activities. The research methods are the historiographical method, the biographical method, the classification method and the synthesis method. Yanuarii Mikhailovich Neverov is an outstanding Russian educator, manager in the education system, and a theorist of didactics of a new formation, the so-called “activity pedagogy”. He promoted the ideas of nationality, the creation of a Russian national system of upbringing and education, the universal accessibility and all-religious education, rightly believing that it is precisely in a high level of education that the economic success of the nation lies. Being from a poor provincial family and a disabled child, Neverov “made himself”, having received an excellent education, and thanks to his hard work and outstanding organizational abilities, he rose to the rank of a full privy councilor. During the administration of the Caucasian Educational District, the number of public (primary) schools and ethnic “literacy schools” has increased several times, and the educational management system itself has become exemplary. In his pedagogical works, Yanuarii Mikhailovich carries out an in-depth analysis of the situation in the field of education, fully highlights its shortcomings, and also provides practical recommendations necessary for its development. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.