S.S. Uvarov's Forerunners in Searching of an Ideological Basis for Government Policy in the Sphere of Public Education in 1817-1825
The article considers the activities and views of key figures in the Ministry of Spiritual Affairs and Public Education during the reign of Alexander I: A.N. Golitsyn, A.S. Sturdza, M.L. Magnitsky, D.P. Runich. It describes the important aspects of the reform of public education undertaken in 1817-1824. The aim of this reform was to combine secular education with the traditions of Western European mysticism and Freemasonry and at the same time Orthodox education. Analysis allows to conclude that the immediate predecessors of S.S. Uvarov's course in the policy of public education were A.S. Sturdza M.L. Magnitsky and A.S. Shishkov. They came close to realizing the famous «Orthodoxy. Autocracy. Nationality» triad.