Dynamics of the educational level of the Russian population of West Kazakhstan (1897–1939)

Abstract

The article analyzes changes in the level of education of the Russian population in West Kazakhstan from the end of the 19th to the fourth decade of the 20th century inclusive. The source base of the study is the published statistical materials of the First General Census of the Russian Empire of 1897, All-Union Census of 1926, All-Union Census of 1939, overview of the Turgay region for 1881 and 1893 and the Ural region for 1901, as well as an unpublished report on the state of the Ural Cossack army for 1887. Special attention is paid to the influence of educational policy on the formation of a sociocultural environment and the integration of the Russian population in the context of administrative reforms, transformation of the social structure and development of the education system in the territory of the multinational region, which was in the process of modernization.

For citation: Eseeva G.N. Dynamics of the educational level of the Russian population of West Kazakhstan (1897–1939). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2025, vol.15, no.4, pp.97–108. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2025-15-4.97-108 (In Russian)