Features of the Development of Secondary Education in the Don at the Turn of the 19th–20th Centuries

The features of the development of the secondary education system in the Don in the context of the general state of education in the Russian Empire are evaluated. The basic differences of the region in the formation of the educational structure and its transformation in administrative, social and methodological terms are highlighted. Comparative observations of the development of education in different cities of the region at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries were carried out. The region is distinguished by the divergent features of the development of educational institutions in connection with the social and administrative features of the development of the region. The multicultural and multiethnic composition of the region's population formed a request for new educational structures with special requirements.