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
<u
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
