Formation and development of the system of parochial and rural schools on the territory of the Kursk province in the XIX century

The formation and development of public education in the Russian Empire started at the beginning of the XVIII century, but in the Kursk province this educational reform was carried out only in the middle of the XVIII century. One of the main elements of the new education system was the parochial and rural schools. The Kursk province had its own specific prerequisites for the transition to a new system of education, as well as individual features of the new structure of educational institutions. This will be discussed in this article