Publication of Literature in the West Siberian Educational District at the Beginning of the XX Century

The purpose of the article is to give an idea of publishing educational and educationalmethodical literature on the disciplines taught in the West Siberian educational district in 1901-1917. The author provides statistical data, demonstrates the topical diversity of works, the structure and content of a number of publications. The data from the Volume 2 of the “Union Catalog of Siberian and the Far Eastern Books” (Novosibirsk, 2004) made up the source base. When preparing the article bibliographic, statistical, analyticalthematic, historical-retrospective research methods were used. Generalized data on the statistics and topics of educational and educational-methodical editions published in the printing houses of the West Siberian educational district at the beginning of the XX century are presented for the first time. The results of the statistical analysis indicate that Tomsk was the leader in publishing such literature. Among textbooks, teaching aids, lecture courses, there were works devoted to various disciplines. The significant mass of publications consisted of programs, reports of educational institutions and societies, charters, instructions, protocols, works on the history of educational institutions. Educational literature on technology and medicine was the most actively published. Regular publication of educational and educationalmethodical literature in the West Siberian educational district was noted throughout the entire period, largely associated with the activities of higher educational institutions the Imperial Tomsk University and the Tomsk Technological Institute. Educational literature was prepared and published by leading teachers and professors of universities and in many cases was the result of their scientific research.