Zemstvo schools importance in the making of artistic-industrial education in Gzhel ceramic region (1870-1880)
The article considers the questions of technical drawing classes organization in Zemstvo schools situated in the territory of Gzhel folk craft. On the bases of the archive materials which have never been published before it is shown that in 1882 they already taught technical drawing as well as the subjects of general education in Zemstvo schools (people''s elementary schools) of Gzhel ceramic region. The conducted investigations indicate that Russian State and Zemstvo authorities tried to provide the children living in the traditional folk craft region with the elementary level of artistic-industrial education.