Jewish State Schools in the Vilna School District. Records.

Title: Jewish State Schools in the Vilna School District

Inclusive Dates: 1847-1910

ID: RG 52

2'3.5"; 5 5"lgl; 1 2.5"lgl

The Jewish state schools in the Russian Empire were established in 1844 by a decree of Nicholas I. This network was intended to serve as a counterbalance to the traditional heder. The schools had a diverse teaching program ranging from two to four years of instruction. The supervisors of these schools were Christians. A percentage of the Jewish candle and meat tax was used for the financial support of the schools. The first schools were opened in Vilna and Zhitomir in 1847. Because of the schools' assimilationist character they aroused strong opposition from the Jews. By 1861 only 5 schools remained.

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Jewish State Schools in the Vilna School District

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EDUCATION_
ElementarySchools
Government Schools
High schools
Kheder
Students
Teachers
Tsarist Government

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Documents - Records

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Inventory: Yiddish, 5 pp., typed

Description: Correspondence with the Vilna School District. Lists of teachers and students. Teaching materials. Reports relating to the financial support of the schools in Vilna, Disna, Swieciany, Molodechno, Oszmiana, Lida, Vileika, Radoshkovitse. Minutes of the meeting of the Vilna Provincial Commission for Jewish schools, 1853. Conversion of the Vilna elementary school into a high school. Applications to take teachers' exams. Report about conditions in the heders and the situation of teachers in private schools.

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