Libraries of Russian-Karaite educational bodies of the Taurida province and their role in the dissemination of education among national minorities of the region (second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries)

Abstract

In this article, the author examines the activities of educational libraries at Russian-Karaite educational institutions of the Taurida province: the ministerial and Aleksandrovskaya Karaite religious schools, created in the post-reform period in the second half of the 19th century. The purpose of the article is to analyze the formation of educational and educational activities of scientific libraries at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, to study their role in the education of the Crimean Karaites. When preparing publications, we used documents stored in the funds of the State Archives of the Republic of Crimea, information contained in collections of school statistics of the specified period, as well as materials from pre-October periodicals. By replenishing the technical funds of the library of school and academic educational literature, as well as new works by Russian and foreign authors, students gradually became acquainted with the latest achievements of pedagogical and philosophical thought, increasing their educational, cultural and intellectual level. Based on the documents and materials studied, the author of the article comes to the conclusion that the libraries of Russian-Karaite educational bodies played a decisive role in the spread of education among Karaite youth in the Taurida province (gubernia).

Keywords

• Karaites
• Russian-Karaite educational bodies
• Taurida province (gubernia)
• libraries
• Таврическая губерния
• библиотеки