Abstract
Peter I is often blamed for his educational policy that didn’t much favour about public education and thus formed deep cultural gap between classes in Russian Empire. That statement is technically correct, but has an abstract character and doesn’t take into account neither the conditions in which Peter was acting, nor his available resources. In the article the author lists the educational endeavors of Petrine epoch (education abroad, military schools for nobility, arithmetic (elementary) schools, Theological Regulations, Imperial Academy of Sciences). Schools for nobility were of utilitarian character, but theological seminaries stuck to classic educational models. On the basis of the analysis of those models in comparison with available resources and society preparedness for enlightenment, it’s possible to conclude that Peter’s educational policy was optimal.
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