Vladimir Percev

Teachers with university education, who work in the public schools, have made a significant contribution to the development of the Oryol region, which had no secondary education before. Among them were founders of libraries, newspaper business, first musical groups, scientists working on the creation of textbooks for Russian schools, writers and philosophers. The paper focuses on the impact of the faculty of gymnasiums on the development of cultural and educational environment of the Oryol province.

The paper is devoted to questions of formation and specificity of educational activity of gymnasiums in the Oryol province. Both educational and training process played the important role in the gymnasium. Accord-ing to the opinion, extended in the middle of 19 century, it is necessary to bring up children first. The author tries to reveal the role of upbringing in the pre-revolutionary gymnasium.

The paper is devoted to the history of gymnasium education in pre-revolutionary Russia in the Oryol province.

Unknown documents of the history of education in Elets are discovered in the Central state archives of Moscow. The study of these documents will give the opportunity to restore many biographical facts about the teachers, who worked in educational institutions of Elets in pre-revolutionary time.

Paper is devoted to the history of gymnasium education in pre-revolutionary Russia in the Oryol province.