The Development of the Regulatory Framework of the Caucasus Educational District in the Second Half of the 19th century

This paper explores the development of the regulatory framework of the Caucasus Educational\r\nDistrict in the second half of the 19th century. Consideration is given to instruments on both general\r\nissues and specific issues dealing with secondary, lower, primary, and private education.\r\nThe study’s source base relies on a whole raft of legislative materials, including regulations,\r\ninstructions, statutes, circular proposals, and rules. These documents were published both as part of\r\ncollections of documents on issues related to the system of public education in the Caucasus\r\nEducational District and separately. The study’s methodology is grounded in the principle of\r\nsystematicity and the chronological principle. The use of the former helped to systematize legislative\r\nand regulatory instruments into two major groups – those on general issues and those dealing with\r\nsecondary, lower, primary, and private education specifically. The use of the latter helped to examine\r\nthe development of the District’s regulatory framework in its chronological sequence.\r\nThe author’s conclusion is that in the second half of the 19th century the Caucasus\r\nEducational District witnessed the process of unification of the regulatory framework regulating\r\nthe educational process in the region. In the period from the late 1860s to the early 1870s,\r\nthe government implemented in the Caucasus a set of educational standards used in the European\r\npart of the Russian Empire. These standards, which covered secondary, lower, primary, and private education, played an overall large role in enhancing the quality of education offered by educational\r\ninstitutions in the region.