ACADEMIC JOURNAL
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ISSN 2542-1077 (Print) ISSN 1994-5973 (Online) |
Zhukovskaya, T. N. ACADEMIC “REPUBLICANISM” AND PRACTICES OF UNIVERSITY SELF-GOVERNANCE IN RUSSIA FROM 1800 TO THE 1830S (a case study of Saint. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2025;47(4):95–101. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2025.1188
FROM THE HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM |
ACADEMIC “REPUBLICANISM” AND PRACTICES OF UNIVERSITY SELF-GOVERNANCE IN RUSSIA FROM 1800 TO THE 1830S (a case study of Saint
| Zhukovskaya T. N. | Saint Petersburg Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Keywords: history of Saint Petersburg University university charters university autonomy University Council rector professors |
Summary: In the XVIII and early XIX centuries, Russian science and university education developed through
transferring and adapting Western European models of scientific knowledge dissemination, as well as the models of
self-organization of academic communities. The boundaries of academic self-governance in Russia were established by
the state. The practical implementation of regulations on university self-governance in the system of daily scientific,
educational, personnel, economic, and administrative university activities can be discerned from extensive university
and departmental records. The article presents the first comprehensive study of the protocols from the Conference of
Saint Petersburg Pedagogical Institute (the Council of Saint Petersburg University) for 1808–1835, which enable to
characterize the pivotal role played by this collegial body in the development of the educational system, addressing
personnel issues, organizing scientific expertise and licensing procedures, strengthening the university’s material and
scientific base, overseeing affiliated schools within the district, and establishing horizontal communication channels
with other institutions. The university’s records reflect the mechanism of interaction involving the Council of Professors,
the trustee of the educational district, and other authorities on various key issues such as electing the rector and deans,
appointing professors and junior lecturers, admitting students, and assigning graduates to teaching positions. In these and many other matters discussed collegially, the decisions made by the university corporation served as the foundational basis for directives issued by the trustee of the educational district and higher authorities. |
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