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Where did school uniforms come from and how did they change in Russia? From the history of school uniforms

How Soviet schoolchildren were dressed to the taste of Nicholas II and why the Bolsheviks abolished equalization

Currently in Russia there are no uniform rules regarding school uniform. Specific styles and the very fact of wearing a uniform are regulated by individual schools based on their ideas about discipline and beauty. But it was not always so. For the first time, compulsory school uniforms were introduced in Russian Empire introduced by Nicholas I, and since then it has changed several times depending on the preferences of one or another ruler.

Any clothing - from a restrictive pencil skirt and a formal suit to Hawaiian shirts and evening dresses - affects human behavior. Uniform uniforms of clothing were first used by members of monastic orders to indicate membership in a particular group. With the advent of standing armies in the 17th century, military personnel began wearing uniforms. The first experience of introducing school uniforms was made in the 16th century at the English charity school for children from poor families, Christ's Shelter, but this practice became widespread only 200 years later.

The first English school uniform, 16th century

The school uniform was supposed to have an additional disciplinary effect on students, accustoming children to the fact that they are in a special social space, where their own rules and regulations apply. In countries with different political system the form can have directly opposite functions: either to emphasize the elitism of students, or, conversely, to equalize children from families with different incomes. Over the two centuries of the existence of school uniforms in Russia, the same clothes performed all functions.

The prerequisites for the introduction of school uniforms in the Russian Empire arose in early XIX century. The Ministry of Public Education (MPE), established by Alexander I, in 1804 adopted the “Charter of educational institutions subordinate to universities,” which divided the country into six educational districts with a university at its head. Gymnasium dresses were not officially regulated, but students of prestigious gymnasiums and boarding schools borrowed uniforms from students in their educational districts.

Gymnasium students of pre-revolutionary Russia, late XIX century

The mandatory uniform for all high school students was introduced by Emperor Nicholas I. According to the “Regulations on Civil Uniforms” dated February 27 (March 11), 1834, all students in educational institutions subordinate to the MNP were required to “have a uniform of dark green cloth with a dark blue cloth collar with gold or silver galloon buttonholes according to the districts. The cut of both the uniforms and the frock coats required for students and pupils should be the current one and they should wear dark green cloth caps with a band matching the color of the collar.” Instead of frock coats, boarders of three St. Petersburg gymnasiums were required to wear blue single-breasted jackets with a red stand-up collar and gilded buttons. The ceremonial uniforms, the details of which had the same color scheme, were decorated with gold braided buttonholes. Each of these educational institutions had its own color of piping on the cap: the First St. Petersburg Gymnasium was red, the Second was white, and the Third was blue.

Pre-revolutionary gymnasium uniform

The emperor's son Alexander II, as soon as he ascended the throne, rushed to change the clothes of the military and officials. The standards of school uniforms also changed, repeating the military style in everything. Since 1855, school frock coats and jackets acquired beveled stand-up collars, which were a distinctive feature of the Imperial Guard. At formal receptions, students wore single-breasted dark green caftans, similar to those worn by officials.

For a long time, the reformer could not decide what clothes the high school students should wear. The color of the uniforms, fittings and edgings were changed several times. In 1868, a dark blue single-breasted uniform with nine silver-plated buttons and a slanted collar with narrow silver braid became the standard. Along with the uniform they wore wide dark blue trousers and a cap of the same color with a leather visor and white piping. Belonging to an educational institution was now indicated by a code consisting of letters and numbers above the visor: “S. P.B. 1G.” - St. Petersburg First Gymnasium, “R. G." - Richelieu Gymnasium and so on. Because of the color of their school uniforms, schoolchildren were teased by their peers as “blue beef.”

Under Nicholas II, the uniform became somewhat more comfortable, and schoolchildren's wardrobes were replenished with tunics and tunics. In winter, schoolchildren wore light gray double-breasted coats with blue flaps and white piping on the collar, and if it became too cold, they wore black earmuffs. In the north-west of the Russian Empire, the color of student tunics was dark blue, in the south - gray. In the summer they dressed in Kolomyanka blouses like those worn by the cadets. Shirts and blouses were belted with a black lacquered belt with a buckle on which the gymnasium code was engraved. Black cloth trousers remained an invariable attribute of the costume at any time of the year.

Pupils of prestigious schools - gymnasiums, real and commercial schools - under Nicholas II continued to wear a ceremonial blue uniform. Students of industrial, city and religious schools, as well as agricultural and craft schools, dressed up in jackets and jackets for the holidays.

School uniforms for girls were established at the state level 60 years later than boys' uniforms. Catherine II founded the first educational institution for women in the Russian Empire - the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens - in 1764. The girls placed in the institute for many years found themselves isolated from the negative, in the opinion of the empress, influence of the ignorant environment. One of the tools for “ennobling” girls was uniforms, the color of which became lighter the closer the institute was to completing their studies: in the elementary grades, dresses were brown, then blue, then gray, and graduates wore white.

Graduates of the Smolny Institute

Over the next century, many educational institutions for women emerged in the Russian Empire, including colleges, schools and gymnasiums. Following the example of Smolny, school uniforms were introduced into them, but its appearance depended only on the wishes of the management of the institutions. The gymnasium uniform for girls was approved in 1896. Unlike the pupils of Smolny, schoolgirls wore not colored silk, but brown woolen dresses, over which an apron was tied: black on weekdays, and white on holidays. The shades of brown varied from school to school, and some students wore checkered dresses to class.

After the revolution of 1917, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee adopted the decree “On a Unified Labor School,” which abolished the division of schools into different types of schools and gymnasiums. The old uniform was abolished as a symbol of upper class membership and a relic of the bourgeois past. In addition, the state did not have the funds to provide uniforms to all children of the RSFSR. Schoolchildren went to school in what their parents could afford; some wore the clothes of their older brothers and sisters.

Women's school uniform, 1917

Since 1949, the USSR began the transition to universal seven-year education, along with which compulsory school uniforms returned. For boys, these were gray-blue tunics with plain trousers and caps with yellow piping and a leather strap. The gymnasts were belted with a black patent leather belt with a buckle. The girls returned to the same brown dresses, only their length became noticeably shorter. The new rules also affected hair styling: they had to be braided and bows tied to match the color of the apron, black on weekdays, white on holidays. In general, the “totalitarian” Soviet school uniform was practically no different from the “elite” pre-revolutionary one.

School uniform of a first grader, 1955

The demilitarization that began during the Khrushchev Thaw also affected the clothes of schoolchildren. In 1962, the tunic was replaced by a gray wool blend suit - trousers and a single-breasted jacket with plastic buttons, under which it was required to wear a white shirt. After 11 years, the suits became dark blue - the boys wore trousers with jackets that were similar in cut to the increasingly popular jeans.

First-graders of one of the schools in the Kyiv district of the capital, 1962

In the early 1980s, uniforms for high school students appeared. From the eighth grade, boys could wear a blue two-piece suit, girls - a three-piece suit, consisting of a skirt, vest and jacket. From first to seventh grade, schoolgirls continued to wear brown dresses with an apron - practically nothing has changed about them in 90 years.

High school uniform, 1979

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, school uniforms were abolished. The 1992 Education Law did not in any way regulate the procedure for introducing school uniforms, leaving this issue to the discretion of the educational institutions themselves. If a school wanted to establish requirements for student clothing, this standard should have been recorded in the charter or the corresponding local act.

In the fall of 2012, the director of one of the schools in the Stavropol Territory refused to allow several Muslim students wearing hijabs to attend lessons. According to the charter, it was possible to attend classes only in secular clothing. A few months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the federal law“On education in the Russian Federation.” From September 1, 2013, administrations of educational institutions can establish requirements for schoolchildren’s clothing “in accordance with standard requirements approved by authorized bodies state power subjects of the Russian Federation".

Whether a school uniform is needed or not is a controversial issue. Some believe that this is a relic that inhibits personal development, while others are convinced that it focuses students’ attention on lessons, and not on appearance. What was the situation like in the past—did educational institutions always require children to wear special clothing?

The first school uniform in Russia

Initially, secondary education was compulsory only for boys, so uniforms for high school students began to be sewn in 1834, and for high school girls only in 1896, when general education was introduced for all children. In style, the costume of a student in Tsarist Russia was similar to a military one: a cap, a tunic, trousers, a waist belt, an overcoat and a black cloth bib in winter. High school students wore jackets with a stand-up collar instead of tunics. Each school student was required to always wear a clean and ironed uniform - this was monitored by the guards.

Everyday uniform was supposed to be worn on the street. It is interesting that each student was strictly forbidden to advertise the number of his gymnasium. So the management of the educational institution tried to protect their reputation, because their student could get into a fight or other unpleasant story.

Dresses for girls were made from coarse cotton or woolen fabric. A casual option is a brown dress, a black apron, and a festive one is the same dress, but a white apron and a lace collar. In the warm season, the look was complemented with a straw hat. In this uniform, schoolgirls went to the theater, church and gala evenings.

The students of the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens, the first women's educational institution in Russia, had several uniform options. Girls from 5 to 7 years old wore brown dresses, from 8 to 10 years old blue or blue, from 11 to 13 years old - gray, from 14 to 18 years old - white.

School uniforms after the revolution

In 1918, the gymnasium uniform was equated with a bourgeois relic and was abolished altogether, as were the gymnasiums. The Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR ordered the organization of educational institutions for peasants and workers. Children were allowed to go to lessons in whatever they had - they stopped paying attention to the appearance of schoolchildren, because poverty and devastation reigned in the country after the revolution.

USSR: from past to present

In 1948, the uniform returned again, it was very similar to the gymnasium one - the same strict brown dresses, aprons, cuffs and collars for girls, tunics, caps and overcoats for boys. Black, brown and white bows were added to the girl's look as accessories.

The next modification of the uniform occurred in 1962 - already on September 1, the boys went to school in a new attire: gray wool-blend trousers and a jacket with three buttons, a white shirt, and a dark blue beret appeared instead of caps. For younger schoolchildren, a white collar was sewn over the jacket collar. The girls' uniform remained unchanged.

Thaw

During the Khrushchev Thaw, the style of school uniforms was again redesigned, although again this affected only clothes for boys. In the 70s, gray woolen suits were replaced with blue ones made of wool blend fabric. A special emblem depicting an open book and a rising sun was sewn onto the sleeves of primary and secondary schoolchildren - a symbol of enlightenment.

Perestroika

In the 80s, a standard uniform was introduced for high school students; it was worn from the 8th grade. The girls' dresses remained the same in design, only slightly above the knees. They also began producing a blue three-piece suit for female students; it consisted of a skirt, jacket and vest. In Leningrad and some areas of Siberia and the Far North, it was even allowed to wear blue trousers in winter.

Modern Russia

The uniform was abolished in 1994 - students began going to school in what they wanted. On the one hand, it became easier, but social stratification began to become more evident in the classrooms: some children wore the clothes of their older brothers and sisters, and some were dressed by their parents in the latest fashion.

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Some kind of amateurism(((
The second article, which I’m not too lazy to open, but why is everything so on my knees(((
Dates, photographs, information - a person would spend at least a little time searching for information (((
I consider such amateur opuses disrespectful to the reader

The "edition" apparently has an attitude towards the past of a teenage child. Before my birth - that means a very long time ago, prehistoric times, a couple of decades back and forth - it doesn’t matter.
And they had the Khrushchev Thaw - in 1975.
And something fantastic: “In the 80s, a standard uniform was introduced for high school students, it was worn from the 8th grade. Girls’ dresses remained the same in design, only slightly above the knees.” - appeared.
I would like to know what they got wrong in the part describing what I personally don’t know for sure.

Missing the late 80's blue girl's uniform. Otherwise it’s interesting, thank you.

Wow, for the first time I read the editorial with interest and looked at the photographs to the end.

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In general, nothing good.

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Tip 2
Contrasting

Try to pay close attention to every action that your beloved performs while sitting in front of a flickering screen. Be sure to be there for every connection. Make a long list of idiotic questions in advance that should make you want to strangle you with their bare hands so that you don’t have to worry about them anymore. Constantly talk about your dream of becoming as smart and enlightened as some, but keep it in moderation: if you do get a faint glimmer of understanding of something, it is recommended to immediately fall back into childhood and start looking for Any Key on the keyboard. Don’t be silent for a second, bring the situation to the point of absurdity - do it in a big way! As a contrast therapy, at the slightest signs of recovery, such as: an attempt to run away from you and the computer along with the chair, unreasonable screams and increased irritability - immediately change tactics. Become affectionate, smart, understanding, gentle - in short, be yourself. Eventually he will be forced to catapult himself onto the plush surface of his four-legged sofa friend. But you don’t need to be taught what to do so that he stays there?

Tip 3
In the name of brute force

It is used in clinical cases and practically does not fail. Simple, like everything ingenious. Quickly sell your computer along with Internet access and regularly confiscate the cash that appears from your pockets, wallet and accounting department at your place of work. Suppress riots and revolutions in the bud following the example of the leaders of the proletariat: a) first of all, seize communications; b) distribute vodka. Happened? Now start saving up the funds you have for that pumpkin you’ve been dreaming about for so long.

School uniforms did not appear yesterday. After a period of chaos in school clothes, everything returns to normal: simplicity, practicality, expediency. These are the dominants and factors that govern school uniforms today. We used to wear our school uniform with pride and it was not a problem for us that everyone had the same one. We valued knowledge, not external gloss. Who knows, maybe it was right...

Today, looking at the first-graders rushing to school with their bouquets for their first lesson in their lives, I noticed how amazing their uniform is now.

And I immediately remembered my first class, my bows and white apron...

No, my form was better, closer, closer...

How the school uniform changed

The exact date of the introduction of school uniforms in Russia is 1834.

It was in this year that a law was adopted that approved a separate type of civilian uniform.

These included gymnasium and student uniforms.

The introduction of uniforms for students in educational institutions of Tsarist Russia is primarily due to the fact that these institutions were state-owned. In those days, all civil servants were required to wear uniforms corresponding to their rank and rank, according to the Table of Ranks. Thus, all teachers in state educational institutions (gymnasiums) wore uniform frock coats. Based on this, it was natural to introduce uniforms for students.

The high school student's costume distinguished the teenager from those children who did not study, or could not afford to study. The uniform of gymnasium students was a sign of class, because only the children of nobles, intelligentsia and large industrialists studied in gymnasiums. The uniform was worn not only in the gymnasium, but also on the street, at home, during celebrations and holidays. She was a source of pride. In all educational institutions, the uniform was of a military style: invariably caps, tunics and overcoats, which differed only in color, piping, buttons and emblems.

The caps were usually light blue with three white edges and a black visor, and a crumpled cap with a broken visor was considered especially chic among boys. In winter, it was equipped with headphones and a hood the color of natural camel hair, trimmed with gray braid.

Typically, students wore a blue cloth tunic with silver convex buttons, belted with a black lacquered belt with a silver buckle, and black trousers without piping. There was also an exit uniform: a dark blue or dark gray single-breasted uniform with a collar trimmed with silver braid. An invariable attribute of high school students was a backpack.

Girls uniform

To attend the gymnasium, they had three types of clothing provided by the charter. First, the “mandatory uniform for daily attendance,” which consisted of a brown woolen dress and a black woolen apron. The charter required “to keep the dress clean and tidy, not to wear it at home, to iron it daily and to keep the white collar clean.” The dress uniform consisted of the same dress, a white apron and an elegant lace collar.

In full dress uniform, schoolgirls attended the theater and the Elenin Church on holidays, and wore it to Christmas and New Year's parties. Also, “no one was forbidden to have a separate dress of any model and cut if the parents’ means allowed such luxury.”

But the color scheme was different for each educational institution:

we know that the color of the fabric of schoolgirls’ dresses was different, depending on their age: for juniors it was dark blue, for 12-14 year olds it was almost sea green, and for graduates it was brown. And the pupils of the famous Smolny Institute were required to wear dresses of other colors, depending on the age of the pupils. For pupils 6 - 9 years old - brown (coffee), 9 - 12 years old - blue, 12 - 15 years old - gray and 15 - 18 years old - white.

However, soon after the revolution, as part of the fight against bourgeois remnants and the legacy of the tsarist police regime, a decree was issued in 1918 abolishing the wearing of school uniforms. Undoubtedly, in the early years of the Soviet state, wearing a school uniform was an unaffordable luxury in a country devastated by world war, revolution and civil war.

From the memoirs of Valentina Savitskaya, a 1909 graduate of gymnasium No. 36:

“The old uniform was considered a symbol of belonging to the upper classes (there was even a contemptuous nickname for a sentimental girl - “schoolgirl”). It was believed that the uniform symbolizes the lack of freedom, the humiliated, servile position of the student. But this refusal of form had another, more understandable reason - poverty. The students went to school in what their parents could provide them with.”

The official explanations were as follows: the uniform demonstrates the student’s lack of freedom and humiliates him. But in fact, the country at that time simply did not have the financial capacity to clothe great amount children in uniform.

However, over time, when the era of experiments gave way to other realities, it was decided to return to the former image - to brown formal dresses, aprons, student jackets and turn-down collars. This happened in 1948, during the period of universal “uniforming,” when department after department put on uniforms. The school uniform of the 1948 model actually copied the style of the uniform of classical gymnasiums - both in color, cut, and accessories.

She lived until the end of the 1962 school year.

First-graders-boys of September 1962 went to school in a new uniform - without caps with a cockade, without waist belts with a massive buckle, without tunics. The uniform for girls has remained virtually unchanged

Brown wool dresses with black apron. It is worth noting that in general, the school uniform for girls of the Stalin era was similar to the school uniform of Tsarist Russia.

It was then that white “festive” aprons and sewn-on collars and cuffs appeared - over time, only the style changed somewhat, but not general essence girls' shapes. On ordinary days, one was supposed to wear black or brown bows, and white bows with a white apron (even in such cases, white tights were welcomed).

At the same time, symbols became an attribute of youth students: pioneers had a red tie, Komsomol members and Octoberists had a badge on their chest. In addition, in 1944, separate education was introduced, which, however, was abandoned in 1954.

The strict morals of the Stalin era extended, of course, to school life. The most minor experiments with the length or other parameters of the school uniform were severely punished by the administration of the educational institution.

Even the hairstyle had to meet the requirements of Puritan morality - “model haircuts” Until the end of the 1950s, they were strictly prohibited, not to mention hair coloring. Girls always wore braids with bows. The school uniform of the era of I.V. Stalin can be seen in the films “First-Grader,” “Alyosha Ptitsyn Develops Character,” and “Vasyok Trubachev and His Comrades.”

Thaw

The “warming” of the regime did not immediately affect the democratization of school uniforms, however, it still happened.

The cut of the uniform became more identical to the fashion trends that took place in the 1960s. True, only the boys were lucky (we can see schoolchildren of the late 1960s in the cult film “We’ll Live Until Monday”)

For boys, from the mid-1970s, gray woolen trousers and jackets were replaced by trousers and jackets made of blue wool blend fabric. The cut of the jackets resembled classic ones jeans jackets(the so-called “jeans fashion” was gaining momentum in the world) with shoulder straps and chest pockets with shaped flaps curly brace()). The jacket was fastened with aluminum buttons.

On the side of the sleeve was sewn an emblem (chevron) made of soft plastic with a drawn open textbook and a rising sun - a symbol of enlightenment.

1980s: Perestroika in action

For high school boys, trousers and a jacket were replaced with a trouser suit. The color of the fabric was still blue. The emblem on the sleeve was also blue. This emblem, in addition to the sun and an open book, contained a stylized image of an atom.

Very often the emblem was cut off because it did not look very aesthetically pleasing, especially after some time - the paint on the plastic began to wear off. There were also very rare raised emblems made of plastic on a fabric basis. They did not lose color and looked very elegant.

In the 1980s, when school uniform enforcement became less strict, some students replaced the standard emblems with military sleeve patches.

For girls, a blue three-piece suit was introduced in 1984, consisting of an A-line skirt with pleats at the front, a jacket with patch pockets (without sleeve emblem) and a vest. The skirt could be worn with either a jacket or a vest, or the whole suit at once. In 1988, the wearing of blue trousers in winter was allowed for Leningrad, regions of Siberia and the Far North.

Members of children's and youth communist organizations (Octobers, Pioneers and Komsomol members) were required to wear the October, Pioneer and Komsomol badges, respectively; pioneers were also required to wear a Pioneer tie.

Since all junior school students were October students, almost all (with rare exceptions in the form of inveterate hooligans and poor students) were pioneers, and most high school students were Komsomol members, badges and a pioneer tie were an almost obligatory addition to the school uniform. In addition to the regular pioneer badge, there was a special option for pioneers actively involved in social work. It was a little larger than usual and had the inscription “For active work” on it.

School uniforms from the 1980s can be seen, for example, in the films "Guest from the Future", "The Adventures of Electronics" (junior school uniform with a red patch), "School Waltz" and "Plumbum, or a Dangerous Game" (high school uniform with a blue patch) .

In the late 1980s, school uniforms, especially men's large sizes, in a number of regions of the USSR fell into the category of shortage. One of the reasons for this was that school uniforms were traditionally very cheap, compared to ordinary trousers, jackets and jackets of similar quality, but the material was very high quality and durable. Therefore, in the context of an increasingly deteriorating financial situation, adults began to buy it as casual and work wear. The planned production volumes of uniforms were not designed for this, uniforms became in short supply, and they, like many other things, began to be sold using coupons that were issued to the student at the place of study.

Modern Russia

Compulsory wearing of school uniforms in Russia was abolished in the spring of 1992.

In modern Russia there is no single school uniform, as there was in the USSR, but many lyceums and gymnasiums, especially the most prestigious ones, as well as some schools, have their own uniform, emphasizing the students’ belonging to a particular educational institution. In a number of schools there is no officially accepted uniform, but the uniform can be introduced at the class level, in agreement with the parents of the students (usually such a “class” uniform is introduced in the lower grades). In addition, educational institutions that do not have school uniforms may have dress codes.

It is customary for school graduates to wear Soviet school uniforms on Last Bell

How many disputes and different opinions we have now. Some people believe that school uniforms are necessary. Others are of the opinion that it is harmful harmonious development personality. There are people who believe that school uniforms are an invention of the Soviet leadership.

School uniforms in Russia have a rich history. Until 1917, only children of wealthy parents who could afford to educate their children in gymnasiums wore uniforms. This was purely a class characteristic. The boys had military-style uniforms, and the girls wore dark, formal dresses. High school students were required to wear uniforms not only within the walls of the educational institution, but also on the street, at home, and during various celebrations.

The exact date of the introduction of school uniforms in Russia is 1834. It was in this year that a law was adopted that approved a separate type of civilian uniform. These included gymnasium and student uniforms.

The caps were usually light blue with three white edges and a black visor, and a crumpled cap with a broken visor was considered especially chic among boys. In summer, a kolomyanka cover was put on the crown of the cap. In winter, when it was cold, they wore headphones made of black felt on a brown flannel inside. In addition, in cold weather they wore a hood the color of natural camel hair, trimmed with gray braid.

High school students usually did not wear gymnasts, but jackets with a stand-up collar, like a naval jacket. In some gymnasiums, tunics and jackets were not blue, but gray, while trousers were always black.

The high school students also had a uniform - a uniform, dark blue or dark gray, single-breasted, with a collar trimmed with silver braid. This uniform was worn both with a belt and without a belt (outside of school). A starched collar was worn with the uniform. The overcoat was an officer's type, light gray, double-breasted, with silver buttons, blue buttonholes, the color of the cap, with white piping and buttons. The overcoats were cold and padded, with a quilted gray lining. Instead of a scarf, they wore a black cloth bib, like sailors. Primary school students were allowed a black astrakhan collar in winter.

According to the unwritten rules, a high school student on the street was required to hide the number of the high school in which he studied, so that the high school student who committed an offense could remain unidentified. The number had to be broken from the cap, and a school student who did not do this was brutally persecuted by his comrades. For the same purpose, it turned over and hid the belt buckle.

Until 1917, the style of the uniform changed several times (1855, 1868, 1896 and 1913) - according to fashion trends. But all this time the boys’ uniform fluctuated on the verge of a civilian-military suit.

The regulations on gymnasium uniforms for girls were approved in 1896. To attend the gymnasium, they had three types of clothing provided by the charter. First, the “mandatory uniform for daily attendance,” which consisted of a brown woolen dress and a black woolen apron. The charter required “to keep the dress clean and tidy, not to wear it at home, to iron it daily and to keep the white collar clean.” The dress uniform consisted of the same dress, a white apron and an elegant lace collar.

Pupils of the Smolny Institute had to wear dresses in colors that corresponded to a certain age. Girls from 6 to 9 years old wore brown dresses, from 9 to 12 years old blue, from 12 to 15 years old gray and from 15 to 18 years old - white.
The dresses were closed (“deaf”), one-color, of the simplest cut.

After the October Revolution, the uniform was abolished, as were the gymnasiums. The children of peasants, workers, and office workers studied in the newly organized educational institutions, and since there was famine and devastation in the country where the civil war was going on, the main thing was to feed the children and teach them to read and write. Therefore, no attention was paid to school uniforms and children wore casual clothes.

From the memoirs of Valentina Savitskaya, a 1909 graduate of gymnasium No. 36: “The old uniform was considered a symbol of belonging to the upper classes (there was even a contemptuous nickname for a sentimental girl - “gymnasium student”). It was believed that the uniform symbolized the lack of freedom, the humiliated, servile position of the student. But There was another, more understandable reason for this refusal of uniform - poverty. The students went to school in what their parents could provide them with."

The boys were dressed in gray military tunics with a stand-up collar, five buttons, and two welt pockets with flaps on the chest. An element of the school uniform was also a belt with a buckle and a cap with a leather visor, which the boys wore on the street. At the same time, symbols became an attribute of youth students: pioneers had a red tie, Komsomol members and Octoberists had a badge on their chest.

Even the hairstyle had to meet the requirements of Puritan morality - “model haircuts” were strictly prohibited until the end of the 1950s, not to mention hair coloring. Girls always wore braids with bows. The school uniform of the era of I.V. Stalin can be seen in the films “First-Grader,” “Alyosha Ptitsyn Develops Character,” and “Vasyok Trubachev and His Comrades.”

This uniform survived until the end of the 1962 school year. On September 1, 1962, first-graders boys went to school in a new uniform - without caps with a cockade, without waist belts with a massive buckle, without tunics. The uniform for girls has remained virtually unchanged.

In 1973, a new school uniform reform took place. Appeared new form for boys: it was a blue suit made of wool blend fabric, decorated with an emblem and five aluminum buttons, cuffs and the same two pockets with flaps on the chest.

For girls, again, nothing changed, and then mothers-needlewomen sewed black aprons for their beauties from fine wool, and white aprons from silk and cambric, decorated with lace.

In the 1980s, when school uniform enforcement became less strict, some students replaced the standard emblems with military sleeve patches.

School uniforms in the modern world are used in two cases.

In the first case, individual schools and universities introduce it as a symbol of elitism, belonging to the upper stratum of society. This is usually done on the scale of one elite school and this uniform is usually very expensive, beautiful and really makes children stand out among their peers.

In the second case, when it is introduced as a universal element of school clothing throughout the country, they do this to equalize all children. These are either very poor countries (CAR, Kenya, Nigeria, etc.) or totalitarian ones (former USSR, Syria, North Korea, China, etc.). In this case, of course, the form is used throughout the country, but it is made from very cheap materials and looks... the same, which is what is required of it :-)

But this is in the modern world - in ancient times it was used only to emphasize the fact of belonging to a higher, educated layer.

Since ancient times.

The first schools appeared a long time ago, at the very dawn of human civilization. One can even say that schools were an indispensable attribute of civilization as such. And since ancient civilization(from those that we know) - Egyptian, then the first schools, lessons, teachers and students were right here, in the shadow of the famous pyramids and the Sphinx.

School tradition of ancient Egypt much deeper and richer than any school tradition, since it was formed and developed over several thousand years. Only noble Egyptian youths could study: the children of the pharaoh and his family, the children of priests and high-ranking officials, or only occasionally those who really wanted to study. There was no school uniform as such yet.

Studying in Ancient Egypt (top)

Schoolchildren and students of ancient Egypt kept their educational records on papyri, and upon entering and graduating from school (as in our time) they passed exams. Another integral attribute of education in an Egyptian school was the initiation of schoolchildren into theatrical religious mysteries. Probably initially only they were taught at school; this is evidenced by the fact that all schools were attached to churches.

From Egypt we move on to the ancient east - the so-called Mesopotamia (the Tigris and Euphrates rivers). Almost There were schools in every city of Mesopotamia, organized at temples, and already by the 3rd millennium BC. e. the number of schools in Mesopotamia was significant.

In Sumerian the school was called “edubba” - “house of tablets” - and was intended primarily for the training of scribes. In the process of teaching writing, clay tablets were used, on which students wrote with a pointed stick (style). Basically, the schools were small, numbering 20-30 students, with one teacher who created model tablets, the children copied them and memorized them. The teaching method was based on repeated repetition. In large “edubbas” (they were called “houses of knowledge”) there were several teachers of writing, counting, drawing, many rooms for classes and storage of tablets.

Special There were no school uniforms in Mesopotamia, but the children dressed much like future scribes and always carried with them a couple of tablets and a writing stick.

In the school of ancient Sumer

By the 1st millennium BC. e. The Sumerian ideal of education is emerging, including a high level of mastery of writing, drafting documents, the art of singing and music, the ability to make reasonable decisions, knowledge of magical rituals, information from geography and biology, and mathematical calculations.

From Egypt and Mesopotamia, civilization, and with it the school, migrated to Greece. The beginnings of school uniforms come from ancient times. Among the ancient Greeks Already in very early times, great attention was paid to the education of children. The Greeks sought to raise an intellectual and healthy person, well-developed physically, to combine the beauty of the body and moral virtues. Already by the 5th century. BC. There were no illiterate people among the free Athenians. And learning from home moved to schools.

The first known school in ancient Greece was created by the famous philosopher and scientist Pythagoras and named after him - the Pythagorean school.

School of Pythagoras

Pythagoras in his teenage years He traveled a lot in search of wisdom and knowledge, in particular he was in Egypt, and not only visited, but studied in the Egyptian temple. He was a diligent student and successfully exported what he learned in Egypt to Greece, creating his own Pythagorean school in the Egyptian manner. Well, then such a necessary social institution as the school spread throughout Greece.

After seven years, the boys were transferred from the hands of their mother and nurse to the care of their father and a slave-teacher (translated from Greek, the word “teacher” means “accompanying the child”), who oversaw the boy’s upbringing and accompanied him to school.

At school the form of clothing was a short chiton and light armor with artistic decoration and chlamys- this is a piece of dense fabric thrown over the shoulders and fastened at the shoulder and chest. For centuries, this uniform remained the unchanged model for boys in training.

From the age of 16-18, boys could continue their education in gymnasiums, schools of rhetoricians and philosophers.

Girls learned to read and write under the supervision of their mother, and gradually became familiar with women's domestic work: needlework, spinning, and weaving. They certainly had to be able to sing and dance in order to participate in ritual holidays in the future. They also became acquainted with literature. It is known that already in the 7th century. BC. in some areas of Greece there were girls' schools where girls studied music, poetry, singing and dancing. One of these schools (according to legend) was led by the famous poetess Sappho. Her poems contain lyrical tender lines dedicated to students brought up in an atmosphere of grace and beauty.

In different cities of Greece, training took place differently. In Sparta, where upbringing was exclusively a matter of the state, study and education were built with the goal of raising, first of all, a warrior and the mother of a warrior. For 13 years - from 7 to 20 - the boys were in state camps, constantly exercising physically. Girls also paid a lot of attention to sports and competed equally with boys in competitions.

The rigidity and severity of the Spartan methods of education made them household names (hence the expression “Spartan conditions”, i.e. very harsh), and if endurance, firmness and brevity (Laconia = Sparta) have earned the praise and approval of descendants for centuries, then cruelty and excessive enthusiasm military training to the detriment of mental and artistic development was already condemned by the contemporaries of the Spartans, the inhabitants of other city-polises, where the ideal of “kalocagathia” reigned - beauty and goodness, fused together.

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In Ancient Greece there were also special school insignia. For example, in Aristotle’s Peripatetic school, founded by him in 334 BC, students and Aristotle himself wore ties tied with a special “oriental” knot and white togas thrown over the left shoulder.

Public school in Rome, open to everyone, appeared during the period of the empire, or more precisely, in the second half of the 1st century AD. However, there was no uniform; only clothes for gymnastic exercises were generally accepted. But if during classes it was discovered that a student’s clothes were unkempt, he was punished, and in case of repeated cases of sloppiness, he was expelled from school in disgrace.

At a Roman school

Like any children in any era, Roman children most spent time playing various games. The favorite pastimes of children in Ancient Rome were not too different from the games of today's children: boys played ball, hide and seek and chase, and girls played with rag dolls. With the exception of children from patrician families, who could play in their own gardens, children mostly played in city squares and streets, in city parks.

In general, children were often given the opportunity to have fun: religious festivals, circus shows, military parades and the triumphs of various generals were excellent occasions to have fun. Already in those days, toy weapons were popular: swords, bows, wooden broadswords.

School in Ancient Rome

In Ancient India education was family-school in nature, and the role of the family was dominant. In India, a special caste system of social structure has developed. Up to the 5th century. BC e. During the Hindu period, education and training in ancient India was based on the idea that each person must develop his moral, physical and mental qualities in order to fit seamlessly into his caste.

Boys began their education at the age of 7-8, their initiation into disciples took place in the form of an upanayama ritual, but learning to read and count began several years before. After completing upanayama, training began with a teacher, whose relationship with the students developed according to the “father-children” model: the students lived in the teacher’s house, obeyed and revered him in everything.

All students were required to come to classes in certain clothing.- “dhoti kurta”. “Dhoti kurta” is a strip of fabric draped around the hips and legs, accompanied by a waist-length shirt, which differs among different castes in ornamentation, tailoring and material. Later, with the development of Buddhism and Hinduism in the 1st-6th centuries, school clothes also changed. Students began to wear “kurta” and “pajami” - a long shirt and wide pants.

Education in ancient India

At the end of the 1st millennium BC. e. Buddhism arises in ancient India, which promotes the spread of education and coexists with Hinduism. During this period, the number of schools that opened at Buddhist monasteries, located throughout the territory of Ancient India, increased; at the same time, there was an elementary religious “school of the Vedas” and a secular school.

The success of Buddhist schools was explained by the absence of caste division, tolerance towards people of other faiths, and the combination of spiritual education with secular education. Buddhist teachers organized individual training, based on the results of constant observation of students; training and education were not authoritarian, but recommendatory in nature.

In the II-VI centuries. There was a revival of Hinduism, as a result of which education acquired a practical orientation. A two-stage education system emerged: primary schools (tol), where they taught counting, reading and writing in Sanskrit and local languages, and secondary schools (agrahar), whose curriculum included geography, mathematics, languages, healing, sculpture, painting, etc. d. Much attention was given to moral education.

In Ancient and Medieval China

The history of the Chinese school goes back to ancient times and is perhaps the first formalized learning process in history in such detail, so let’s look at the Chinese school in more detail.

According to legend, the first schools in China arose in the 3rd millennium BC. The first written evidence of the existence of schools in Ancient China is preserved in various inscriptions dating back to the ancient Shang (Yin) era (16-11 centuries BC).

Only the children of free and wealthy people studied in these schools. School education was based on respect for elders; the mentor was perceived as a second father. By this time, hieroglyphic writing already existed, which was owned, as a rule, by the so-called writing priests. The ability to use writing was inherited and spread extremely slowly throughout society. ABOUT There is no evidence of the presence of a school uniform at this time.

Confucius (551-479 BC) had the greatest influence on the development of upbringing, education and pedagogical thought in Ancient China. The pedagogical ideas of Confucius were based on his interpretation of issues of ethics and the foundations of government. The central element of his teaching was the thesis about proper education as an indispensable condition for the prosperity of the state.

In general, the Confucian approach to teaching is contained in a succinct formula: agreement between student and teacher, ease of learning, encouragement for independent reflection - this is what is called skillful leadership. Therefore, in Ancient China, great importance was attached to the independence of students in mastering knowledge, as well as to the teacher’s ability to teach his students to independently pose questions and find their solutions.

During the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), which ended the era of Ancient China, Confucianism was declared the official ideology. During this period, education in China became quite widespread. The prestige of an educated person has grown noticeably, resulting in the emergence of a kind of cult of education. School work itself gradually turned into an integral part of public policy. It was during this period that a system of state examinations for holding bureaucratic positions arose, which opened the way to a bureaucratic career.

Already in the second half of the 1st millennium BC, during the short reign of the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), a centralized state emerged in China, in which a number of reforms were carried out, in particular, simplification and unification of hieroglyphic writing, which was of great importance for the spread of literacy. For the first time in Chinese history, a centralized education system was created, which consisted of government and private schools. From then until the beginning of the 20th century. in China, these two types of traditional educational institutions continued to coexist.

Already during the reign of the Han dynasty in China, a three-tier school system began to form, consisting of primary, secondary and higher educational institutions. The first mentions of school uniforms date back to this time. Her appearance resembled the clothes of Buddhist monks.

In general, from that moment on, education began to become highly formalized. By the middle of the 1st millennium, important changes had occurred in the system of state examinations: everyone who had previously studied the Confucian classics, regardless of social status, was officially admitted to them. At the same time, the procedure for state exams was significantly complicated: instead of oral exams, written exams were introduced, which required a more thorough study of the Confucian canons.

During the Ming Dynasty in China, when writing examination essays for state exams, they began to require adherence to a template scholastic style, from which in no case could one deviate. Each essay was to consist of eight sections, with each of the last four sections to be in two parts. Written according to this scheme, the work was an intricacy of hieroglyphs, in which only the form was valued. Each section of the essay had to be limited to a certain number of hieroglyphs: no less than 300 and no more than 700. When writing the essay, it was impossible to cover events and facts that took place after the Qin and Han dynasties, i.e. after 220 AD

In general, the school education system, inherited from antiquity and preserved in China until 1905, had the following form: teaching boys to read and write began at the age of 6-7 years in the government primary school for a moderate fee; as for the girls, they did not go to school and were raised in the family. Rich people preferred to educate their children privately: they either hired a teacher for their son or sent him to a private school.

This initial training usually lasted 7-8 years. During this time, students memorized up to 3 thousand of the most common hieroglyphs and received basic knowledge of arithmetic and Chinese history. Great importance in the process of elementary education was given to calligraphy - the art of beautifully writing hieroglyphs with a brush. For most children, this was where education ended. After completing the initial training, exams were taken.

Those who successfully passed them could continue their education at the second level, relatively speaking, in high school. Education at the second stage lasted 5-6 years. IN last years At the second stage, students learned stylistics and the ability to write poetry. In addition, attention was paid to the ability to interpret the texts of classical books and commentaries on them, and to write essays in a certain form. In the process of studying at the second stage, students took exams: monthly, quarterly and annual. Thus, in secondary school, the content was limited to a very narrow framework and was of a purely humanitarian nature. The study of secular sciences, with the exception of the basics of arithmetic, was not part of the content of education. Young people aged 18-19 could prepare to take state exams.

Japanese educational system noticeably different from its Chinese prototype. This is due to two main reasons: firstly, Chinese system higher educational institutions by the time the Tang dynasty was established had gone through quite a long (more than seven centuries) path of being tested by time; secondly, in Japan the aristocratic traditions turned out to be much stronger than in China, which led to a greater role for “private schools” (shigaku).

This situation indicates fewer educational opportunities for people from the lower strata of Japanese society. Consequently, the Japanese education system was already initially structured in such a way as to be more consistent with local realities (and, of course, aristocratic traditions) and not allow representatives of non-aristocratic families into the ranks of the governing elite (exceptions were made only for a few immigrant families who were in court service).

Japanese school uniform one hundred years ago

Since the beginning of our era in Japan and has developed to this day special tradition. Almost every school has its own uniform. Nowadays, the “sailor fuku” school uniform in Japan is almost always a sailor suit, a skirt and bows for girls. She has already become a kind of symbol. For modern Japanese girls- this is more than just a school uniform - it is a full-fledged clothing style. "Gakuran" is worn by boys in Japan - these are trousers and a dark-colored jacket with a stand-up collar. IN different schools In Japan, the colors of the uniforms are different and make the students stand out.

Example of a modern Japanese uniform

A little to the side stands the institute of the school, which was among the ancient Aztecs. Aztec schools were public and were divided into two types: youth houses (telpuchcalli) and schools of nobles (calmecac). The first taught children from the age of 15, who belonged to ordinary citizens, artisans and farmers.

Accordingly, the subjects they studied in such schools were aimed at better practical mastery of the skills that were necessary for farming. A special place was given to military training, since in cases of war, commoners were recruited. Teachers (pipiltins - retired warriors) developed the basic skills of close combat (hand-to-hand, with a spear) and long-range combat (with weapons such as atlatl or bow), military tactics, maneuver and much more.

Aztec education

Schools for privileged children offered great opportunities for their students. They taught mathematics, astronomy, writing, politics, religion, literature and history. The teachers were sages (tlamatinime), who prepared future priests, dignitaries and military leaders. The Aztecs did not have any school uniforms.

During school, some girls also studied in special institutions that trained future priestesses. In addition to religion, they also taught other disciplines that contributed to the development of women's skills, which were useful during special religious rituals.

In general, it can be noted that the states of antiquity accumulated a wealth of experience in education and training, which influenced the subsequent development of school and pedagogy. In the era of ancient civilizations, the first schools arose, attempts were made to comprehend the purpose, objectives, content, forms and methods of educating and training younger generations.

Middle Ages

As for Europe, with the decline of ancient culture there was a decline in education, and the institution of the school was completely leveled out. It’s not for nothing that these times were called the “Dark Ages.”.

However, in early Middle Ages schools of the ancient type dominated, training mainly the clergy. Later, schools of elementary education appeared (taught children seven to ten years old) and large schools (for children over ten years old).

In education and training in the Middle Ages, pagan, ancient and Christian tradition. Church schools occupied a special place in the education system. Pedagogical thought in the Middle Ages it was practically absent, replaced by the postulates of the church and religious education. There were two types of church educational institutions: cathedral (cathedral) and monastic schools.

The first trained clergy, but also prepared them for secular activities. They provided a broader education than monastery schools. The program of cathedral schools included reading, writing, grammar, counting, and church singing. During the late Middle Ages, some cathedral schools taught academic subjects trivium (grammar, rhetoric, dialectic) or information from the quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music). At the end of the 12th century. Cathedral schools were transformed into comprehensive schools and then into universities.

Monastic schools were divided into three main types: pastoral-monastic (prepared clergy for parish service), dormitory schools at monasteries (prepared boys to become monks) and schools for teaching literacy and church scripture for boys who did not intend to stay at the church or monastery. The studies were of a theological nature with some secular elements. Cruel punishment of children was considered natural and godly. Holidays and physical education were virtually absent. The school uniform was naturally ordinary monastic clothing, however, there is no information about its mandatory nature.

Women's education remained strictly at home. The daughters of feudal lords were raised in the family under the supervision of mothers and special women. Girls were often taught reading and writing by chaplains and monks. The practice of sending girls from noble families to be raised in nunneries, where they taught Latin, introduced them to the Bible, and instilled noble manners, became widespread. Girls from unprivileged classes were at best taught housekeeping, needlework and the basics of the Bible.

In the late Middle Ages, guild and city schools became widespread. This was primarily due to the increased role of cities. Guild schools, supported by artisans, provided general education. City schools were born from guild and guild schools. They were not under the supervision of the church for long. The head of the institution was called the rector, and teachers very often had the status of “vagrants”. The fact is that the school hired a teacher for a certain period, so after some time he was forced to look for a new place. The program included the following subjects: Latin, arithmetic, office management, geometry, technology, natural sciences.

At the end of the XII - beginning of the XIII century. the first universities appeared. The word "university", derived from the Latin universities - "integrity", "totality", meant a corporation of teachers and students. Medieval University included the following faculties: law, medicine, theology, philosophy. However, training began with a special, preparatory faculty, where the famous “seven liberal arts” were taught. And since the Latin for art is “artes,” the faculty was called artistic. Teaching was in Latin.

The word "lecture" means reading. The medieval professor actually read the book, sometimes interrupting the lecture with explanations. Thousands of people flocked to cities where the famous scientist and professor came. In fact, this is how universities were formed. In the small town of Bologna, where at the turn of the XI-XII centuries. Irnerius, an expert on Roman law, appeared, a school of legal knowledge arose, which turned into University of Bologna. Similarly, another Italian city, Salerno, became famous as a major university center for medical science. The University of Paris, founded in the 12th century, was recognized as the main center of theology.

To become a university, an institution had to receive a papal bull (decree) of its creation. With such a bull, the Pope removed the school from the control of secular and local church authorities and legitimized the existence of the university. The rights of the educational institution were confirmed by privileges - special documents signed by popes or reigning persons. Privileges secured university autonomy (its own court, administration, as well as the right to grant academic degrees), exempted students from military service. Professors, students and employees of the educational institution were subordinate not to the city authorities, but exclusively to the elected rector of the university and elected deans of faculties. If a student committed some kind of misconduct, the city authorities could only ask the university leaders to judge and punish the offender.

As a rule, a wonderful career awaited a university graduate. On the one hand, universities actively collaborated with the church. On the other hand, together with gradual expansion During the reign of various feudal lords and cities, the need for literate and educated people increased. Yesterday's students became scribes, notaries, judges, lawyers, and prosecutors.

The student population was very diverse - the majority came from noble townspeople, but even the children of peasants could receive a scholarship and education. There were many monks and clerics.

Dressed like a London schoolboy!

Uniform clothing for schoolchildren in Europe appeared in England for the first time since ancient times: in 1552, the Christ’s Hospital school was founded for orphans and children from poor families. For students, a costume was introduced consisting of a dark blue jacket with ankle-length tails, a vest, a leather belt and trousers just below the knees. The form has remained approximately in this form to this day, the only difference is that these days the students of Christ’s Hospital are no longer orphans, but the future economic and cultural elite of Great Britain.

This experience with the introduction of identical clothing for all students in the 18th century was useful to the principals of English schools. At that time, children from wealthy families went to school in expensive clothes and made fun of their modestly dressed classmates and teachers.

Portrait of Two Eton School Boys in Admontem Dress,
Eton Chapel Behind by Francis Alleyne, ca. 1774-1790

At the beginning of the 19th century, many English schools introduced not only school uniforms, but also codes of conduct, violation of which could lead to the expulsion of the student. British boarding schools were the first to introduce uniforms, then they appeared in public schools, and in 1870 a decree was issued in Britain according to which the state guaranteed school education for every child and provision of uniforms. Private schools also introduced their own uniforms, not to ensure equality among students, but to emphasize their belonging to the elite. This is how the symbol of equality of all schoolchildren turns into an object of prestige.

At the same time, students from various private schools came up with a complex system of rules for “internal prestige”: how many buttons are fastened on a uniform blazer; at what angle is the hat worn; how the laces on the shoes are tied; whether a student carries a school bag, holding it by one handle or both... These symbols were invisible to outsiders, but the students understood each other’s place in the school hierarchy.

School uniforms were introduced in all colonies of the British Empire: in India and Australia, in New Zealand and South Africa, in Caribbean Islands. The uniform was the same for all colonies, but although suitable for the English climate, it caused inconvenience in hot countries.

Now every school in England decides for themselves whether to introduce a school uniform or not, and if so, what kind. Below is an example of a modern English form the most popular color scheme.

In Rus'

Vologda-Perm Chronicle about the school of Vladimir Svyatoslavich:
988. “The Great Prince Volodymer, having gathered 300 children, went away to teach literacy.” The history of Russian education begins with this message. During the reign of Prince Vladimir, only boys could study at school, and the first subject for their education was bookmaking.

Only a hundred years later, in May 1086, the very first women's school appeared in Rus', the founder of which was Prince Vsevolod Yaroslavovich. Moreover, his daughter, Anna Vsevolodovna, simultaneously headed the school and studied science. Only here could young girls from wealthy families learn to read and write and various crafts.

At the beginning of 1096, schools began to open throughout Rus'. The first schools began to appear in such large cities as Murom, Vladimir and Polotsk, and were most often built at monasteries and churches. Thus, priests were considered the most educated people in Rus'.

Mostly at that time they wrote on birch bark, and in such “business correspondence” even references to primary education in Rus' were preserved:

...vologou sobi copi a ditmo por[t]i k...- - - - - - [d]aI literati outsiti...
[Buy yourself a Vologda, and go teach your child to read and write]
G 49. Charter No. 687 (strategy. 60s. 80s of the 14th century, Troitsk. M)

Moreover, thanks to one confused boy who lost all his birch bark at once, educational notes on birch bark were found. These are famous birch bark letters Onfim - a Novgorod boy of the 13th century, the author of birch bark letters and drawings, mainly of an educational nature. In total, 12 letters are written in Onfim's handwriting: No. 199-210 and 331, and in addition, he owns several birch bark drawings, not numbered as letters, since they do not contain text. The bulk of his letters and drawings were found on July 13-14, 1956.

Judging by the drawings, Onfim was 6-7 years old. Apparently, Onfim lost all his letters and drawings at the same time, which is why they were found together. The bulk of Onfim's documents are educational records. The letters performed by Onfim look quite clear, it doesn’t look like he is mastering them for the first time. V.L. Yanin suggests that his exercises are consolidating during the transition from the tsera (wax tablet) to birch bark, writing on which required effort. One of Onfim’s letters is the bottom of a birch bark tree, which was often given to children for exercise (similar letters from other nameless students have been found). Three times he writes out the complete alphabet, then after it there are words: ba va ga da zha for ka... be ve ge de zhe ke.. bi vi gi di zhi zi ki... This is a classic form of teaching literacy (“buki-az - ba "), known back in Ancient Greece and lasting until the 19th century.

Onfim's records are valuable evidence of primary education in Ancient Rus'. From a linguistic point of view, it is interesting that in the texts Onfim does not use the letters Ъ and ь (replacing them with O and E), although they are present in the alphabets he wrote out; Thus, when teaching the so-called “everyday system” of writing, the student also mastered the full inventory of the alphabet in order to quickly learn to read book texts.

Teachers of the X-XIII centuries. Due to the imperfection of teaching methods and individual work during classes with each student individually, he could not work with more than 6-8 students. The prince recruited for school a large number of children, so at first I was forced to distribute them among teachers. This division of students into groups was common in schools Western Europe that time. The birch bark letters of the above-mentioned Novgorod schoolboy of the 13th century also testify to approximately the same number of students. Onfima. There is no question of any school uniform, as can be seen in the images of the students below.

Sergius of Radonezh at school.
Miniature from the front "Life of St. Sergius of Radonezh." 16th century

Since the 15th century educational institutions They stopped building at monasteries, and private schools appeared, which at that time were called “masters of literacy.”

In the 16th century in Stoglav (a collection of decisions of the “Stoglava Council”), chapter 25, you can read the following mention of schools in Rus':

About proteges who want to be deacons and priests, but they have little ability to read and write. And they were appointed as saints, contrary to the sacred rule. If you don’t build them, otherwise the holy churches will be without singing, and the Orthodox Christians will die without repentance. And the saint is elected according to the sacred rule to the priesthood for 30 years, and to the deaconate for 25 years. And if they knew how to read and write, so that they could support the Church of God and the children of their spiritual, Orthodox peasants, they could govern according to the sacred rule, but the saints torture them with great prohibition, because they know little about reading and writing. And they answer: “We, supposedly, learn from our fathers or from our masters, but there is nowhere else for us to study. As much as our fathers and masters can, that’s why they teach us.” But their fathers and their masters themselves therefore know little and do not know the power of the divine Scripture, and they have nowhere to study. And first of all, in the Russian kingdom in Moscow and in the great Novgorod and in other cities there were many schools that taught literacy and writing and singing and honor. And therefore, then there was a lot of literacy and writing and singing and honor. But the singers and chanters and good scribes were famous throughout the whole earth to this day.

Stoglav, chapter 26: ABOUT BOOK SCHOOLS AROUND THE CITY.
And we, according to the royal council, laid down this matter in the reigning city of Moscow and throughout the city by the same archpriest and the oldest priest and with all the priests and deacons, each in his city, with the blessing of his saint, elect good spiritual priests and deacons and deacons who are married and pious those who have the fear of God in their hearts, who are able to use others, and would be more literate and honorable and able to write. And among those priests and deacons and clerks, set up schools in the houses of the school, so that the priests and deacons and all the Orthodox Christians in each city would hand over their children to them for learning to read and write and for the teaching of book writing and church singing of the psalter and reading of the psalter. And those priests and deacons and clerks chosen would teach their disciples the fear of God and literacy and writing and singing and honor with all spiritual punishment, and most of all they would keep their disciples and keep them in all purity and protect them from all corruption, especially from the vile sin of Sodom and fornication and from all uncleanness, so that through your fermentation and teaching, they will come to an age worthy of being a priest. Yes, they would naturally punish their disciples in the holy churches of God and teach them the fear of God and all decency, psalmody and reading and singing and canarching according to church rank. And you should teach your students how to read and write as much as you can yourself. And the power would be told to them in scripture according to the talent given to you by God, hiding nothing, so that your students learn all the books, which the conciliar holy church accepts, so that later and henceforth they can use not only themselves, but also others and teach the fear of God about all that is useful, they would also teach their students honor and singing and writing, as much as they themselves can, hiding nothing, but from God expecting bribes, and even here accepting gifts and honors from their parents according to their dignity.

And only at the beginning of the 17th century the study of sciences and arts in schools began in a new way. The Russian school of the 17th century was structured like this. The students all sat together, but the teacher gave each one his own task. I learned to read and write and finished school.

Russian school of the 17th century

The children wrote with quill pens on loose paper, on which the pen clung, leaving blots. The writing was sprinkled with fine sand to prevent the ink from spreading. They were punished for carelessness: they flogged them with rods, made them kneel in a corner on scattered peas, and the number of slaps on the back of the head was countless.

In the era of Peter 1, the first school in the city of Kyiv opened in systematic sciences, which the tsar himself called a new step in the education of every person. True, until now only children from noble families could get here, but more people wanted to send their children to study. In all schools in the 17th century, teachers taught subjects such as grammar and Latin.

It is with the era of Peter 1 that historians associate fundamental changes in the educational sphere. At this time, not only school institutions were opened, which were an order of magnitude higher than the very first schools, but also new schools and lyceums. The main and compulsory subjects for study are mathematics, navigation and medicine. However, school uniforms were never included in this reform.

This happened later - in 1834. Just this year a law was adopted that approved a separate type of civilian uniform. These included gymnasium and student uniforms.

The high school student's costume distinguished the teenager from those children who did not study, or could not afford to study. The uniform was worn not only in the gymnasium, but also on the street, at home, during celebrations and holidays. She was a source of pride. In all educational institutions, the uniform was of a military style: invariably caps, tunics and overcoats, which differed only in color, piping, buttons and emblems.

The caps were usually light blue and with a black visor, and a crumpled cap with a broken visor was considered especially chic among boys... There was also a weekend or holiday uniform: a dark blue or dark gray uniform with a trimmed silver collar. An invariable attribute of high school students was a backpack. The style of the uniform changed several times, as did the fashion of the time.

At the same time, the development of women's education began. Therefore, student uniforms were required for girls as well. The girls' uniform was approved a full 60 years later than the boys' uniform - in 1896, and... as a result, the first outfit for students appeared. It was a very strict and modest outfit. But the uniform for girls will delight us with familiar brown dresses and aprons - it was these suits that were the basis for the uniform of Soviet schools. And the same white collars, the same modesty of style.

But the color scheme was different for each educational institution: For example, from the memoirs of Valentina Savitskaya, a 1909 graduate of gymnasium No. 36, we know that the color of the fabric of the gymnasium students’ dresses was different, depending on age: for the younger ones it was dark blue, for For 12-14 year olds it’s almost sea green, while for graduates it’s brown.

However, soon after the revolution, as part of the fight against the legacy of the tsarist police regime in 1918 a decree was issued completely abolishing the wearing of school uniforms. The official explanations were as follows: the uniform demonstrates the student’s lack of freedom and humiliates him.

The period of “formlessness” lasted right up to 1949. School uniforms become mandatory again only after the Great Patriotic War, a unified school uniform is introduced in the USSR.

In 1962, the gymnasts were replaced by gray woolen suits with four buttons, but they did not lose their militarized appearance. Important accessories were a cap with a cockade and a belt with a badge. Hairstyles were strictly regulated - styled like in the army. But the girls' uniforms remained the same.

In 1973, a new school uniform reform took place. A new uniform for boys appeared: it was a blue suit made of wool blend, decorated with an emblem and five aluminum buttons, cuffs and the same two pockets with flaps on the chest.

But again, nothing changed for the girls, and then mothers-needlewomen sewed black aprons for their beauties from fine wool, and white aprons from silk and cambric, decorated with lace.

In the early 1980s, uniforms for high school students were introduced. (This uniform began to be worn in the eighth grade). Girls from first to seventh grade wore a brown dress, as in the previous period. Only it was not much higher than the knees. For boys, trousers and jacket were replaced with a trouser suit. The color of the fabric was still blue. The emblem on the sleeve was also blue. For girls, a blue three-piece suit was introduced in 1984, consisting of an A-line skirt with pleats at the front, a jacket with patch pockets and a vest. The skirt could be worn with either a jacket or a vest, or the whole suit at once. In 1988, the wearing of blue trousers in winter was allowed for Leningrad, regions of Siberia and the Far North.

Years pass, and in 1992, by decision of the Russian Government, with the introduction of a new Law on Education. The ban has been lifted, you can wear whatever you want, as long as your clothes are clean and tidy.

The official explanation is to bring the law in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that every child has the right to express his or her individuality as he pleases. School uniforms restrict freedom of expression and have therefore been abolished.

Although some nostalgia for the school uniform remains - at the last bell, graduates very often wear something reminiscent of a Soviet uniform.

So in our country they have reintroduced the form - welcome to the real world :-(

School uniforms in other countries differs from ours: in some places it is more strict, and in others it is very fashionable and unusual.

For example, in Japan schoolgirls sport sailor suits. Their uniform is the standard of teenage fashion for the whole world. Even outside of school, Japanese girls wear something that reminds them of their usual school uniform.

For most middle and high schools in Japan, school uniforms are mandatory. Each school has its own, but in reality there are not many options. Usually this is a white shirt and dark jacket and trousers for boys and a white shirt and dark jacket and skirt for girls, or a sailor fuku - “sailor suit”. The uniform usually comes with a large bag or briefcase. Primary schoolchildren, as a rule, dress in ordinary children's clothing.

IN THE USA Each school decides for itself what items students are allowed to wear. There is no uniform in public schools, although some schools have introduced dress codes ( dress code). As a rule, tops that reveal the midriff, as well as low-fitting trousers, are prohibited in schools. Jeans, wide trousers with many pockets, T-shirts with graphics - this is what students in American schools prefer.

In most European countries there is also no uniform form; everything is limited to a fairly strict style.

The biggest European country, in which the school uniform exists, is Great Britain. In many of its former colonies the uniform was not abolished after independence, for example in India, Ireland, Australia, Singapore and South Africa. However, in Great Britain and its former colonies, school uniforms are not compulsory; each school decides for itself. Each prestigious school has its own logo and students are required to come to classes with a “branded” tie.

In France, a uniform school uniform existed from 1927-1968. Canceled as a result of student protests in the 1960s. Some schools practice wearing a uniform with the permission of the parent committee.

There is no uniform school uniform in Germany. Some schools have introduced uniform school clothing, which is not a uniform, since students can participate in its development. What is characteristic is that even during the time of the Third Reich, schoolchildren did not have a single uniform - they came to classes in casual clothes, in the uniform of the Hitler Youth or other children's organizations.

In Belgium, only some Catholic schools and private schools founded by the British have school uniforms. Typical clothing is dark blue trousers and skirts, a white or light blue shirt and tie.

In Cuba, uniforms are mandatory for all students in schools and higher education institutions.

In Poland, the uniform has been completely abolished and its private introduction by individual schools is prohibited.

Turkey - a compulsory school uniform, each school has its own color, but the same style: for boys - a suit, for girls - a blouse, jumper and skirt, for everyone - a tie in the school colors. This emphasizes that everyone is equal, regardless of the social and financial status of their parents.

School uniforms in China are uniform. It's a baggy green and white tracksuit. It is usually a size or two too large and deprives its owners of any gender differences at all.

In North Korea, uniforms are also mandatory and also ugly.

So, schools have reached our time and become what we all know. I wonder what school will be like in the distant future?

School of the year 2000, as imagined by the French artist Marc Côté (1899). Knowledge is automatically pumped into students’ brains, or as people say: “You have the Internet, you don’t need intelligence.”