Simbirsk province zemstvo and its role in the improvement of the public education system at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries (on the materials of Simbirsk province )

The article covers the work of Simbirsk province zemstvo in the public education sphere. The author outlines major directions of this work. Simbirsk zemstvo tried to set up new elementary schools, to support existing ones, to open its own secondary schools, to give financial and organizational support to vocational and parochial schools, and special attention was given to the medical and commerce education. Zemstvo also carried out a program of cultural educational work among Simbirsk province population.