Compiled by M.N. Melnikova.

The author analyzes the positions of the Peoples Comissariat of Education of Soviet Russia (the Bolshevik Education Ministry) and of the Public Education Ministry of Kolchaks government during the Civil War in Russia. These positions are analyzed in the context of their connection with the...

Dmitry Andreevich Tolstoy (1823-1889) was a government figure and, according to his contemporaries, one of most interesting and paradoxical persons of his time. His tenure as minister of public education for almost a decade and a halfstill raises controversy. Since the mid 1860-s D.A. Tolstoy...

Aleksey Lyubzhin - Doctor of Sciense, Research Fellow, The Rare Books and Manuscripts Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University Library. E-mail: vulture@mail.ru.Address: 9, Mokhovaya str., Moscow, 103073, Russian Federation.We highly appreciate I. Zubkovs book devoted to everyday life...

The movement for equal educational rights was the first step to the emancipation of women. The issue of higher education for women was extremely acute in Siberia, as it was very remote from the center of the country. The article presents the results of research on the activities of the Siberian...

Igor Zotov - freelance journalist, columnist, http://www.kultpro.ru. E-mail: pemba@list.ruThe two-volume set Pokoleniya VShE (HSE Generations) was issued to celebrate twenty years since establishing the National Research University - Higher School of Economics. The book Uchitelya ob uchitelyakh...