At the end of the 19th century, the Russian system of penitentiary institutions for juvenile offenders began to take shape. The Main Prison Administration of the Russian Empire paid special attention to the formation of organizations where juvenile criminals were taught the skills of agronomy and crafts. One of these institutions was the school of gardening, truck farming and beekeeping near the city of Simferopol. In 1894, a statutory document of the above-mentioned penitentiary institution for juvenile criminals was adopted, which determined the main directions of its activities. As conceived by the founders of the school of gardening, truck farming and beekeeping, its pupils were trained in practical and theoretical disciplines, which could be useful to them after being released from a correctional institution for juvenile delinquents. One of the main problems faced by the Main Prison Administration of the Russian Empire was the recruitment of staff to ensure the daily life and education of juvenile delinquents. Thanks to the competently drafted statutory documents of the penitentiary in the process of re-education of adolescents, it was possible to find an acceptable balance between various types of agronomic education and schooling.
Keywords: school, Main Prison Administration, juvenile criminals, Russian Empire, gardening, horticulture, beekeeping.
Liventsev, Dmitry Vyacheslavovich "Organization of the Simferopol Agricultural Correctional Shelter in the XIX Century" Agrarian History, Number 2, 2020 P. 13 - 18.