National enlightenment as a form of cultural and educational activity in the Orel province of the late XIX - early XX centuries

Sleptsova Elena Perfilievna

In this article, the author examines in detail one of the forms of cultural and educational activities in the life of society - public education, which played a significant role in improving literacy, expanding horizons, moral education of the provincial population of the province.

Keywords:enlightenment, culture, intelligentsia, people's libraries, public reading committees, literacy, leisure.