Riga teaching district

The Riga teaching district (Russian Рижский учебный округ ), until 1886 Dorpat teaching district (Russian Дерптский учебный округ ), was a teaching district of the Russian Empire. It was established in 1803 and comprised the Baltic Governments of Estonia , Livonia , Courland and, until 1812, also the Governorate of Wiborg ("Old Finland").

The seat of the curator was Dorpat until 1893 after the name was changed to the Riga Teaching District (on March 7, 1886).

Surname

There are different names in German, in adjective form with the following class name, as well as with a preceding class name. In addition, the adjectives and the class names vary.

-	Dorpat	Riga
Russian	Дерптский учебный округ	Рижский учебный округ
Teaching district (ahead)	Dorpat teaching district	Riga teaching district
Teaching district (to)	Dorpat'scher teaching district, Dorpatscher teaching district, Dörptscher teaching district, Dorpater teaching district	Riga teaching district, Riga teaching district
Educational district (ahead)	Dorpat educational district	Riga Educational District
Educational district (after)	Dorpatscher educational district, Dörptscher educational district, Derptsk educational district	Riga Educational District, Riga Educational District

Facilities and numbers

Higher educational institutions were the grammar school in Mitau and the Imperial University of Dorpat .

In 1915, the Riga educational district comprised 3,426 institutions of all kinds, in which a total of 223,465 students were enrolled, including 2,920 elementary schools with 157,518 students. Divided by governorate:

Esland Governorate: educational institutions - 720, students - 39,800.
Livonia Governorate: educational institutions - 2,068, students - 143,177.
Courland Governorate: educational institutions - 638, students - 40,488.

Curators

1803–1816: Friedrich Maximilian Klinger , removal from office during the restoration
1817–1828: Karl von Lieven
1828–1835: Carl Magnus von der Pahlen
1836–1854: Gustav Craffström
1854–1862: Georg von Bradke
1862–1869: Alexander von Keyserling
1875–1880: Andrei Alexandrowitsch Saburow

Web links

Wikisource: ЭСБЕ / Учебные округа - sources and full texts (Russian)

Individual evidence

[1] ttps://www.balt-hiko.de/online-publikationen/baltisches-rechtsw%C3%B6rterbuch/l/

[2] ttps://www.balt-hiko.de/online-publikationen/baltisches-rechtsw%C3%B6rterbuch/l/

[3] ttps://books.google.de/books?id=jNeiEdebJH4C

[4] ttps://dspace.ut.ee/bitstream/handle/10062/43252/est_a_1463_1873_ocr.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

[5] ttps://www.balt-hiko.de/online-publikationen/baltisches-rechtsw%C3%B6rterbuch/l/

[6] ttps://books.google.de/books?id=hztbAAAAcAAJ

[7] ttps://books.google.de/books?isbn=351508925X

[8] ttps://books.google.de/books?isbn=3447058307

[9] ttps://books.google.de/books?isbn=3643112246

[10] ttps://books.google.de/books?isbn=3647310301

[11] ttps://books.google.de/books?isbn=3525101228