1194

RUSSIA

on January 1, 1911 (see Finland). Nearly 4,000 students in Russia are either supported by bursaries or dispensed from paying fees.

Besides the universities there are a number of institutions for special education — theological, medical, legal, technical, and Oriental languages — distributed among the larger towns of the Empire.

The nature and number of the middle schools, and the number of pupils attending them are as follows (exclusive of Finland) : —

Middle Schools

in 1910-11

Gymnasia . . . .

Progymnasia

Realschools ....

Normal schools (Teachers' Institutes)

Normal seminaries and practical schools (Teach- ers' Seminaries)

Girls' gymnasia .

Girls' progymnasia

Cadet corps (1908)

Number

Pupils

320 35

119,039 5,516

235

67,230

17

1,225

94

679 105

8,922

243,636

15,443

29

12,868 i

Middle Schools in 1910-11

Gymnasia of Cossack foiskos

Progymnasia . . . .

Girls' gymnasia

Girls' Progymnasia

Gymnasia of Empress Marie . .

Institutes of E. Marie .

Seminaries . . . .

39 88 30 14

32 37

■ 6,792

■ 4,352

14,780

9,113

20,463

The nature and numbers of the special schools, middle and primary and the number of pupils attending them are as follows (exclusive of Finland) :-

Special Schools in 1910-11

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s

470 323

72

32

30

128

627

178

M

ft P P-l

77,786

21.742

9,112

12,079

1,180

6,519

40,299

37,827

Special Schools in 1910-11

(1

S

1

75

8 66 48 50

Pupils

Theological Pedagogical

Medical .... Military .... Nautical .... Forestry and Agriculture . Technical .... Commercial and Industrial

Fine Arts ....

Topographical .

Strange Languages .

Professional

Various ....

Total .

10,503

612

532

2,739

2,275

2,107

223,205

The expenses for the middle schools are contributed by the State Exchequer, by fees and by donations of the zemstvos, the municipalities, and so on. The Cossack schools are maintained by the separate voisJcos, which, moreover, maintain a number of their pupils in the governmental schools.

According to the Census of January 18 (31), 1911, concerning the ele- mentary schools, the numbers of schools, teachers, and pupils in the Russian Empire were in this dap as follows : —

—

Schools

Teachers

130,019 66,525

6,729

Pupils

Ministry of Public Instruction Holy Synod .... Other ministries and various foundations

59,682 37,922

2,691

4,186,078 1,793,429

201,003

Total

100,295 203,273

6,180,510