The Mentality of Provincial Gymnasium Students in early XX century (On the Basis of the Hand-written Journal "School Leisure Activities")
The article analyses the materials of the handwritten journal produced by students of a boys' gymnasium in Orel in 1902–1903. The analysis helps to reconstruct the students' cognitive mentality. It is concluded that concepts and characters from fiction were crucial for their world perception and they were primarily interested in Russia's system of secondary education and least of all in its inner policies.