STATE CONCEPTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19 <sup>th</sup> -EARLY 20 <sup>th</sup> CENTURIES
The article substantiates search for an optimum variant of the educational policy formation, which would guarantee modernization of Russia and at the same time maintain stability in the country. The author describes areas of implementation of the state conception of the educational policy.