XENOPHOBIA IN SOCIO-PEDAGOGICAL THOUGHT OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE XIX - EARLY XX CENTURIES (PRE-SOVIET PERIOD)
The article considers xenophobia evolved in the Russian Empire education system. The issue is dealt with in terms of history of education. To identify the government's stance on educational services for non-Russian peoples the scholarly works and archive documents were studied as the sources for the research. The focus is on the problem of education for non-Slavs. Certain definitions and statements, obtained through the study of various sources, reveal the fact that xenophobia was a characteristic phenomenon for the scientific and academic thought and public opinion of the given historic period.