Count Tolstoy, Dmitry Andreyevich (1823 – 1889) – statesman. He graduated from the course in the Tsar's Lyceum; since 1848 consisted in the Department of Spiritual Affairs of Foreign Faiths, Ministries of Interior and was engaged in compiling the history of foreign faiths, and in 1853 was appointed director of the Office and the Ministry of the Navy in this capacity participated in the drafting of the Charter of Economic Ministry of the Navy and the new provisions on the management of maritime administrations; in 1861 for some time managed the Department of Public Instruction, was later appointed a senator, in 1865 was appointed chief procurator of the Holy. Synod, and in 1866 – Minister of Education and has held both posts until April of 1880, when he was appointed a member of the State Council. In May 1882, TV took over as Interior Minister and chief of police and remained in that position until his death. As Minister of Education, gr. T. reformed secondary education (in 1871), is the significant strengthening of teaching Latin and Greek in high schools, but only to pupils of grammar schools were granted the right to enter the university, former real gymnasium converted into a real college (1872). In T. opened: History and Philology Institute in St. Petersburg (1867), Warsaw University and Institute of Agriculture in New Alexandria (1869), Russian philological seminary in Leipzig for the preparation of teachers of ancient languages (1875), Nijinsky High School was transformed into historical Philological Institute, and Yaroslavsky Lyceum – the Law Lyceum. In 1872, issued regulations on urban schools, in 1874 – the provision of primary schools, to oversee that were still in 1869 established the post of inspector of schools. In the spiritual authorities in gr. T. made spiritual transformation of educational institutions (1867 – 1869). As interior minister, TA was a champion "strong" government. Legislative measures undertaken and prepared for him, were sent to the rise of the nobility, to the regulation of peasant life and the transformation of Local Government in expanding the influence of the administration. Issued by the laws of the peasant family sections and on the employment of rural workers who prepared the position of land captains, and the new zemstvo position. Freedom of the press is substantially limited provisional rules in 1882 In 1882, T. was also President of the Academy of Sciences. He wrote "History of Russian financial institutions since the founding of the state before his death, Catherine II" (St Petersburg, 1848), "Le Catholicisme romain en Russie" (H., 1863-64) and several articles on the history of education in Russia, "Jung . Min. Narr. Enlightenment "and" Russian Archives. " According to the initiative undertaken by the publication "of material for the history of the Academy of Sciences.
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