The Level of Education of the Yakutsk Regional Administration in the late XIX – early XX centuries

This article tested the historical facts about the level of education of officials of the Yakutsk region in the late XIX -early XX centuries.We have identified regional peculiarities in the construction of the management system in the North-East of the Russian Empire.The object of the study is civil servants who held positions in the Yakutsk regional administration from 1887 until 1917.We have studied the biographies of clerical officials, assistant head clerks, head clerks, assistant clerks, clerks, secretaries, accountants, treasurers, senior supervisors, officials of special assignments, engineers.The purpose of the study is to establish the level of education of Yakut officials in these positions.The historical source was the formulary lists compiled during the specified chronological period.We have collected archival materials from the archive fund and 12 "Yakut Regional Administration" in the National Archive of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).We examined more than 40 storage units, in which officials were identified who occupied places from a clerical servant to a position of rank IX inclusive.At the same time, it should be noted that the published lists of ranks in the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other reference manuals contain information only about officials in senior positions and up to the XVIII class.Thus, the information presented in the article is unique and has not been presented anywhere before in historical science.The data on the level of education of employees of the Yakut regional administration from 1887 until 1917 analyzed by using mathematical and statistical methods.It was possible to establish numerically and percentage proportions of officials who were in the service after graduating from higher educational institutions (4.8 %), secondary (43.9 %), primary (41.5 %) and who did not have a certificate of education (9.6).