PREPARATION FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF GENERAL PRIMARY EDUCATION AMONG THE PEOPLES OF SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
Universal school education today serves as the basis for the formation of the information society. Preparations for its introduction were also carried out in Siberia. The article discusses the features of the preparation of the school network in the south of Western Siberia. The peoples living in this region were covered mainly by church education. The schools were mainly run by the Altai Spiritual Mission. Based on the inclusion of unpublished archival materials, the process of including mission schools in the school network of the Tomsk Diocesan School Council is considered. The facts of changes associated with this process are given. Attention is paid to changing the structure of primary education in mission schools.