Ethno-confessional factor in the Crimean education system development (1920-30): historical analysis

the article attempts to historically analyze the development of the education system of the Crimean Autonomous Republic during the formation of the Soviet republic from the point of view of the influence of the ethno-confessional factor, as fundamental in this process. Modern society is cross-cultural in its essence, and the population of the Crimean Peninsula has always been distinguished by its multi-confessionalism, combining the characteristic features and ways of life of different ethnic cultures, both similar to each other – Ukrainians and Russians, and radically opposite – Crimean Tatars, Greeks, etc. The article explains the importance of ethno-confessionality in the education process, since, being a part of ethnic processes, it underlies the culture, language, religion and social organization of society. The article examines various historical sources containing information about the features of the formation of the education system on the peninsula, reveals the main difficulties and problems on the path of development of the educational system, as well as the exceptional importance of the ethnic factor. The author specifies the dependence of the educational environment on ethnoconfessionality, especially at turning points in the historical and cultural development of a multi-ethnic society.

educational environment, multi-confessionalism, national schools, confession, ethnicity, religion, educational process, region, culture, Crimean Tatar schools, public education system of the Crimean Tatars, personality, ethnopedology