Model Calculations of Home Education Scale: The Case of Yaroslavl Province in the Late 18th - Early 20th Century

Dmitry V. Didenko; Диденко Дмитрий Валерьевич

doi:10.22363/2312-8674-2022-21-2-218-232

Model Calculations of Home Education Scale: The Case of Yaroslavl Province in the Late 18th - Early 20th Century

Authors: Didenko D.V.¹
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1. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Issue: Vol 21, No 2 (2022): Russia and the Baltics in the 20th Century
Pages: 218-232
Section: SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/31139
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8674-2022-21-2-218-232

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In this article the author reconstructs the dynamics of home education sector in monetary value terms as the case study of a province in Central Russia, with application of mathematical modelling methods. As the source base, the author employs evidence primarily from published memoirs, epistolary heritage, fiction, as well as from previous research literature. The findings are obtained by means of calculations including inter-, retro-, and extrapolations of the quantitative evidence from the sources. The principal findings are the set of methods for reconstruction of annual output in the home education services segment of a regional economy and the respective long time series for Yaroslavl Province. They support the hypothesis that the home segment was comparable in scale to the educational establishments or even could exceed them at the start of the period under study. The methods developed by the author may be employed directly for similar reconstructions based on materials from other regions of Central Russia; and they are applied to the materials from the regions of Siberia, Far East and national peripheries of Russia.

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quantitative history, mathematical modelling, human capital, regional economy, long time series, foreign workers, gender differences

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Table 1
Literacy rates of female nobility of 0–9 and 10–19 age cohorts, %

Age groups	1897	1887	1877	1867	1857	1847	1837	1827	1817	1807	1797
Less than 10 years	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20
10–19 years old	99	97	95	92	91	88	86	84	82	80	78
Up to 20 years	60	59	58	56	55	53	52	51	50	48	47

Calculations based on: Pervaia Vseobshchaia perepis' naseleniia Rossiyskoi imperii, vol. L (St. Petersburg, 1904), 52, 53, 57.

Table 2
Distribution of gentry (1834–1858), noble land owners (1877), gentry estates (1895, 1905), % of the item total

Year	stratum	stratum	stratum
1905	56,7	32,3	11,1
1895	52,7	32,7	14,5
1877	47,9	38,3	13,8
1858	38,3	40,6	21,1
1850	44,5	38,2	17,3
1834	48,7	32,9	18,4

Calculations based on: Sizova, O.V. Dvorianstvo Iaroslavskoi gubernii, 66, 69, 70; Statistika pozemel'noi sobstvennosti… 1881, 96; Tsifrovye dannye… 1897, tabl. 5; Statistika zemlevladeniia… 1906, 24.

Table 3
Participation rate of male nobility in home education by strata, %

Year	stratum	stratum	stratum
1914	20	35	100
1864	30	40	100
1834	50	70	100
1825	60	80	100
1795	50	75	100

Assessments based on: Kolosova, E.M. Home education, 71; Lotman, Yu.M. Pushkin, 500; Prokofieva, E.A. Legislative regulation 175–176, 180; Solodyankina, O.Yu. Foreign clerks, 46, 57, 63, 66–67, 462.

Table 4
Evidence provided by the sources on nobility household payments for home education services

Year	Data on payments in annual terms	Sources	Pages
1883	480	Chekhov. 1975	62–63
1883	252	Chrkhov. 1977	341
1882	720	Goncharov. 2011	132
1879	228	Fausek. 2010	44–45
1865	300	Yangul. 2006	24–25
1859	500	Z-n А. Derevenskoe dvorianskoe vospitanie. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2007	377
1848	1000	Fet А.А. Моi vospominaniia 1849-1889. Part 1. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2007	108
1838	540	Khvoschinskaiia. 2016	32
1833	2000	Viazemskii, P.А. Pismo А.I. Тurgenevu. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2007	123
1832	1200	Leontiev. 2019	196
1831	800	Leontiev. 2019	194
1831	144	Iz dnevnika yunoshi «tridtsatykh godov». Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2018	16–18
1830	2000	Pushkin, А.S. Baryshnia-krestianka. Cit. po: Solodyankina. 2007	371
1822	1500	Tri pis'ma P. Mukhanova kn. M.A. Urusovu. Cit. po: Solodyankina. 2007	300
1821	3000	Semenov-Tyan-Shanskiy, P.P. Memuary. Cit. po: Solodyankina. 2007	123
1820	3000	Manuylov, V.A. M.Yu. Lermontov. Cit. on: Sergeeva. 2010	203
1818	500–800	Pis'mo M.N. Aksakovoy k O.S. Aksakovoy. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2007	124
1817	1150	Dolgorukov. 1997	63–64, 152
1815	600	Pecherin. 1989	152–153
1814	3000, 5000–6000	Batushkov. 1986	408, 411
1813	2000	Pis'ma iz Moskvy v Nizhniy Novgorod. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2019	55–56
1812	1800	Yudin, P. Ssyl'nyye 1812 goda v Orenburgskom kraye. Tsit. po: Solodyankina. 2014	519–524
1806	400	Sbornik postanovleniy po Ministerstvu narodnogo prosveshcheniya. 1802–1825	Стб. 33–34
1805	650
1804	900
1802	150	Dolgorukov. 1997	63–64
1798	800	Baratynskii, Ye.A. Stikhotvoreniya. Pis'ma. Vospominaniya sovremennikov. Tsit. po: Solov'yov. 1998	70–75
1797	70	Dolgorukov. 1997	63–64
1797	1840	GARF, f. 219 (Оrlovy-Davydovy). Cit. on: Shokareva. 2017	51, 52
1796		Otgoloski XVIII veka. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2007	121
1796	500	Engel'gardt L.N. Zapiski. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2007	121
1795	60	Engel'gardt L.N. Zapiski. Cit. on: Solodyankina. 2007	121

Figure 1. Evidence provided by the sources on nobility household payments for home education services by strata group
Source: data from Table 4.

Figure 2. The modeled dynamics of nobility household payments for home education services by strata
Calculation based on: the data from Table 4; deflated for 1853–1913 by the Budget Index in: Strumilin, S.G. History of ferrous metallurgy in the USSR, vol. 1 (Moscow: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1954), 514–515; Until 1853 – according to the General Price Index in: Mironov, B.N. Welfare of the population and revolution in imperial Russia: XVIII – early XX century (Moscow: New Chronograph, 2010), 512.

Table 5
Consumers quantity by strata and volume of education services consumption in home segment (in credit rubles)

Year	Consumption volume			Year	Consumption volume
	At current prices		In 1913 prices		At current prices		In 1913 prices
	Nobles	Total	Total		Nobles	Total	Total
1914	581 907	785 574	777 796	1854	295 109	350 029	736 903
1913	600 535	808 521	808 521	1853	291 144	344 758	739 824
1912	620 792	833 543	858 438	1852	287 289	339 639	718 887
1911	588 835	788 520	865 555	1851	284 819	336 176	701 839
1910	565 979	755 903	849 329	1850	291 988	344 086	715 608
1909	580 583	773 368	854 550	1849	300 180	353 179	731 712
1908	585 919	778 438	864 932	1848	271 823	319 313	659 020
1907	583 226	772 854	897 623	1847	269 017	315 525	648 712
1906	532 368	703 647	849 816	1846	263 095	308 102	631 030
1905	496 107	654 048	808 465	1845	261 253	305 477	623 263
1904	473 729	622 966	778 708	1844	249 504	291 297	592 059
1903	483 131	633 737	784 328	1843	227 394	265 085	536 724
1902	484 941	634 528	790 196	1842	221 918	258 316	521 019
1901	486 740	635 310	803 173	1841	218 206	253 621	509 594
1900	488 855	636 507	818 133	1840	212 719	246 882	491 067
1899	500 300	649 826	819 453	1839	209 079	242 305	477 118
1898	503 340	652 200	836 154	1838	202 923	234 833	457 757
1897	467 454	604 253	836 915	1837	201 777	233 175	449 956
1896	418 077	539 145	741 603	1836	198 117	228 622	436 736
1895	416 056	535 276	738 312	1835	194 452	224 079	423 755
1894	421 413	540 904	749 174	1834	227 046	261 277	489 132
1893	458 598	587 271	786 172	1833	184 129	211 599	392 148
1892	499 447	638 114	857 680	1832	177 528	203 736	373 781
1891	475 430	606 047	852 386	1831	170 982	195 960	355 900
1890	435 102	553 387	819 833	1830	165 088	188 952	346 865
1889	433 011	549 495	782 756	1829	158 571	181 252	336 311
1888	455 672	576 969	848 483	1828	153 683	175 436	329 020
1887	414 739	523 983	783 233	1827	148 238	169 000	320 361
1886	397 029	500 514	702 969	1826	142 799	162 590	311 525
1885	405 673	510 303	686 814	1825	137 370	156 208	302 519
1884	410 746	515 575	673 075	1824	130 350	148 039	289 783
1883	423 027	529 859	659 029	1823	123 502	140 086	277 165
1882	415 690	519 571	644 629	1822	125 516	142 194	284 364
1881	407 770	508 604	613 516	1821	127 279	144 015	291 103
1880	392 282	488 270	622 001	1820	128 949	145 726	297 099
1879	378 974	470 735	619 388	1819	130 447	147 241	302 774
1878	365 774	453 411	618 569	1818	131 587	148 350	307 682
1877	353 576	437 404	609 198	1817	132 690	149 418	312 565
1876	350 133	432 275	602 894	1816	133 816	150 508	317 559
1875	343 182	422 851	606 672	1815	122 066	137 133	291 830
1874	337 882	415 498	596 980	1814	112 187	125 889	270 211
1873	330 438	405 550	600 815	1813	103 243	115 721	250 525
1872	327 611	401 300	585 840	1812	93 089	104 222	227 574
1871	321 433	392 975	593 617	1811	83 279	93 135	205 116
1870	314 419	383 667	590 258	1810	74 806	83 566	180 826
1869	332 458	404 913	629 724	1809	66 600	74 318	158 003
1868	346 605	421 352	687 361	1808	67 391	75 118	156 914
1867	361 822	439 033	759 573	1807	66 106	73 607	151 069
1866	365 887	443 148	791 336	1806	65 927	73 329	147 869
1865	374 223	452 416	821 083	1805	65 243	72 491	143 625
1864	371 220	447 974	843 642	1804	64 713	71 827	139 822
1863	382 717	461 019	845 907	1803	64 182	71 165	136 111
1862	333 132	400 575	724 367	1802	63 400	70 225	131 968
1861	326 769	392 231	741 458	1801	64 745	71 642	132 276
1860	319 381	382 693	754 819	1800	65 919	72 867	132 717
1859	313 588	375 102	757 781	1799	66 925	73 906	132 786
1858	311 328	371 758	746 503	1798	67 765	74 759	132 501
1857	312 376	372 375	723 058	1797	68 442	75 432	131 882
1856	303 249	360 885	729 061	1796	68 957	75 926	130 948
1855	296 628	352 414	737 269	1795	69 313	76 244	129 717

Own calculation based on: Bekker, S. Mif o russkom dvoryanstve, 299; Kabuzan, V.M., Troitskiy, S.M. Izmeneniya v chislennosti, 162, 166; Korelin, A.P. Dvoryanstvo v poreformennoy Rossii, 292–293, 298–299; Mironov, B.N. Rossiyskaya imperiya, vol. 1, 356; Seliverstova, N.M. Rossiiskoe dvorianstvo, 244–251; Sizova, O.V. Dvorianstvo Iaroslavskoi gubernii, 45, 46, 47, 66, 69, 70; Statisticheskie tablitsy Rossiyskoi imperii… 1863, 267, 276–277; Statistika pozemel'noi sobstvennosti… 1881, 96; Tsifrovye dannye … 1897. Tabl. 5; Statistika zemlevladeniia… 1906, 24. Data from Tables 2–4; deflated as in Figure 2.

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Dmitry V. Didenko

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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Dr. habil. econ., Ph.D. in hist., Leading Researcher of the Research Laboratory of Economic and Social History, professor of the Department of Historical Economics

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Vol 23, No 2 (2024): The Russian Empire in Context of its Period and Geopolitical Environment

Model Calculations of Home Education Scale: The Case of Yaroslavl Province in the Late 18th - Early 20th Century

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