To the Issue of the Model of Men's Gymnasiums of the Russian Empire (Using the Example of the Perm Men's Gymnasium)

This manuscript is devoted to a brief analysis of men's gymnasium education using the example of the Perm Men's Gymnasium.Such methods of historical research as the classification method, historicalsystemic and historical-genetic methods, the synthesis method and the method of historiographical analysis have become the methodological basis.The materials of the work were works on the history of gymnasium education in the Russian Empire, including studies of the Perm Men's Gymnasium.Perm Men's Gymnasium was founded in 1808 and operated on the basis of a number of charters regulating secondary education, in particular the Charters of 1804, 1828, 1864 and 1871.The gymnasium's activities were conducted in accordance with the principles of pre-revolutionary gymnasium education, namely, gender segregation of students (education in the Perm Men's Gymnasium was available only to boys), fee-based gymnasium education, continuity of educational levels, and others.An important component of the model was its network organization: the program (meaning the content of education) and the course of study (meaning the number of years of study) were approved by the Ministry of Public Education and were practically uniform throughout Russia; Perm Gymnasium was no exception.The average level of gymnasium education required a lower education for admission and was necessary for higher education.Perm Men's Gymnasium became an example of an exemplary institution of this type thanks to the efforts of directors N.S.Popov, Ya.I.Alfionova and others, giving Russia such famous figures of economics, science and culture as I.