The instruction of youth in late Imperial Russia: vospitanie in the cadet school and classical gymnasium, 1863-1894
Journal: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Year: 2019

This thesis uses memoir and pedagogical literature to juxtapose the experiences of students who attended two different types of secondary school - the cadet school and the classical gymnasium - in Russia during the reigns of Alexander II (1855-1881) and Alexander III (1881-1894). It examines how students and teachers evaluated educational policies by the Ministries of War and Education during a period of reform and reaction. Seeking to train an independently minded officer and ensure loyalty to