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The Policy on Women’s Education Pursued by the Zemstvo Liberal Party in Chernigov Governorate in the Period between the 1870s and 1880s. Part 1

2022; Academic Publisher House Researcher; Volume: 11; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.13187/ejced.2022.3.994

2305-6746

Nazar Kotelnitsky, Sergey Degtyarev, Academician Bugay,

Social and Behavioral Studies

This paper explores the policy pursued by the opposition aristocratic fronde in Chernigov Governorate in the area of women's education in the second half of the 19 th century.The Era of Great Reforms (1856-1874) in the Russian Empire facilitated the emergence of a whole network of state and municipal, as opposed to private, women's educational institutions, such as gymnasiums and boarding schools.The retrieved historical sources, most of which are being introduced here into scholarly discourse for the first time ever, indicate that a key role in these processes was played by the zemstvo institutions, particularly the Zemstvo Liberal Party in Chernigov Governorate.Nominally, the period under review witnessed two stages in the policy pursued by the zemstvo opposition in Chernigovshchina with regard to women's education: (1) the 1870s and (2) the period of the reign of Emperor Alexander III.The first stage was characterized by devoted efforts on the part of liberal zemstvo members in building the network of women's educational institutions in the province.Chronologically, the first part of the present work will cover this particular stage.The authors' conclusion is that initially the building of the region's network of women's educational institutions was largely done through the devoted efforts of liberal zemstvo members in Chernigov Governorate.An undoubted achievement of the Liberal Party was the establishment of Borzna Zemstvo Female Progymnasium.The zemstvo liberals managed to obtain funding for this educational institution.No less important is the fact that members of the local liberal aristocracy were initiators of the provision of financial assistance by Chernigov Governorate's selfgoverning zemstvo authorities, including toward the needs of women's educational institutions outside of the region.