Ismail Gasprinsky in India (transliteration and analysis of the sketch “Maarif Yolunda” (“On the Way to Education”)

Abstract

Biography of a well-known Crimean Tatar educator and publisher Ismail Gasprinsky (1851–1914) was studied by many researchers, but some aspects of his life and activity needs a more detailed study. Analysis of his biographical sketch – “Maarif Yolunda” (“On the Way to Education”), which was published on the pages of “Terdzhiman” newspaper in 1912, opens up the new details in his attempts of implementation his humanistic ideas and activities in life. The article also analyses specific facts of his visit to India, which had the mission of enlightenment of people and polishing his new methods of teaching. The investigation opens up the new aspects of materials, gives additional information about the history of earlier unknown separate museum subjects

Keywords

• ismail gasprinsky
• enlightenment
• biography
• museum subjects
• india