BRASTPLATES IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE RUSSIA EMPIRE: STUDYING EXPERIENCE
This article is devoted to the problems of research of breastplates in the Russian Empire. The author presents the history of the development of scientific knowledge on this issue and the analysis of basic works on the theme. The article also includes the chronological stages in accumulating the material. The research allowed to classify the material and divide it into three thematic groups: joint catalogues, catalogues of breastplates and other symbols of specific organizations, catalogues of the symbols of ministries and departments and the information concerning individual monuments. On the basis of the analysis of the material the author makes a conclusion about the reasons for the increase of researches during the Post-Soviet period and about possible directions of the studies in the future.