The role of education in socio-cultural development of the Yakut region in the second half of XIX - early XX centuries

Based on archival documents and previously published materials, an attempt is made to show the role of the pre-revolutionary education system in the socio-cultural development of the Yakut region. Siberia was a place of exile for a long time and the state was in no hurry to develop education here. But the liberal reforms of 1860-1870 created the prerequisites for the development of the education system. The paper shows the formation and development of educational institutions in the region, provides information on the number of schools and the number of students. The role of political exiles in raising the general cultural level of the local population is also revealed. The author comes to the conclusion that in the Yakut region, thanks to the state educational policy on education of foreign suburbs and public initiative, primary and then secondary educational institutions begin to open, which have had a significant impact on the socio-cultural life of the region.