CHARITY AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRE REVOLUTIONARY SIBERIAN SCHOOL
The article analyzes the importance of charity in the development of regional secondary school on the example of West Siberian educational district (founded in 1885, liquidated in 1918). The motivating personal reasons and sociocultural factors that led to the explosive growth of the educational system at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries are revealed. Applying historicalgenetic and historical-comparative analysis and drawing on a wide range of archival sources from St. Petersburg (RGIA) and Tomsk (GATO), the author traces the evolution of school charity as an institution and practical charitable practices, their role and significance in the formation of new cultural environment, new educational space of the region. The author’s classification of charity of school children into one-time, long-term, and complex reflects not only the period of direct action of aid, but also the changing demand for charity of school children from the society. The thesis is vividly illustrated by the author's tables, created on the basis of statistical analysis of the financial base of male, female gymnasiums and real schools of the educational district. Separately, student charity as a form of personal involvement in the fate of classmates, teachers, and loved ones who find themselves in difficult situations is characterized. The conclusion positively evaluates the minimization of state involvement in charity of school children, which is not politically motivated, unlike, for example, the activities of student communities. Many of the materials cited are published for the first time.