Construction and maintanence of educational institutions of Bakhchisarai (mektebe and madrasah) at the beginning of the ХХ-th century

Abstract

The traditional system of religious schools of the Crimean Muslims consisted of two types – the primary education schools (mektebe) and the higher education (madrassa). Bakhchisarai has become one of the cities of the Taurian province. After the Crimea joined to the Russian Empire there was created the Taurian Mohammedan Spiritual Board (TMDP) in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Muslims of Bakhchisarai were allowed to open the primary schools (mektebe) with the consent of the community and the necessary means for its maintenance. This article emphasizes the actions of the Bakhchisarai residents on the reorganization of educational institutions. The paper discusses their interaction with the provincial authorities on the allocation of subsidies for completion, because of the unstable income of citizens of the city. Madrassas were the religious educational schools of Bakhchisarai. This city of Bakhchisarai was also analyzed in the article as a monument of architecture.

Keywords

• bakhchisarai
• educational institutions
• muslim monuments
• religious-cult complex
• religious training complex
• repairs