RUSSIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO RUSSIA PROSPER DE BARANTE
The article is devoted to the educational system in Rus- sia during the reign of Nikolay I in the representation of Prosper de Barante, who was the ambassador of France to Russia from 1835 to 1841. Barante visited some educational institutions of various levels and tried to reflect in his «Notes about Russia» advantages and disadvantages of the educational system of that time and also to evaluate the quality of the education.