The initial stage of secondary school formation in Pacific Russia during the great reforms

The present article touches upon the issue of the history of education in Pacific Russia - the reform of secondary schools in the 60s of the XIX century, which gave an impetus to the growth of the educational network through the emergence of the first male and female secondary educational institutions in the region. The appeal to the historical experience of educational system transformation is determined by the active rethinking of the results of the school reform implemented in modern Russia. In the 1860s, along with the state represented by regional and oblast administrators, the subject of educational policy was the public, represented by merchants and other entrepreneurs, Cossacks and urban societies. Private initiatives played a decisive role in the reform of secondary schools, actively contributing to the construction of new educational institutions. In the process of research, the author identified at least two regional programs that included positions on the development of secondary education in Pacific Russia. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the results of the secondary school reform had a positive impact on the development of the education system in the region, which is confirmed by the factual data revealed in the course of the research.