- Ivan Delyanov
Count Ivan Davidovich Delyanov (in Russian Иван Давыдович Делянов) (
December 12 ,1818 –January 10 ,1898 ) was a Russianstatesman ofArmenia n descent.Delyanov graduated from
Moscow State University 'sLaw School in 1838. In 1857 – 1897, he held a number of importantgovernment al positions. Delyanov became a member of theState Council of Imperial Russia in 1874. In 1861 – 1882, he was a director of theRussian National Library inSt Petersburg . In 1882 – 1897, Delyanov held a post of the minister ofpublic education . He introduced a new University charter in 1884, which would deprive universities of their former . Delyanov also closed down the universities for women (Bestuzhev Courses ) in 1886.On
June 18 ,1887 , he issued acircular , which would limit the admittance of children of the non-noble origin to the gymnasiums. According to this document, gymnasiums andprogymnasium s had to restrict the enrollent of children of people of lower classes.The circular stated in part that the new rules free the gymnasiums from "children of
coachmen ,lackey s, cooks, laundresses, pettymerchant s, with the possible exceptions for those endowed with extraordinary abilities, — all those who should not altogether be taken out the environment they belong to." For this reason it has become known as Cookwomen's Children Circular (Циркуляр о кухаркиных детях). This discrimitatory language was capitalized upon by Russian revolutionaries and was the base of the famous phrase ofVladimir Lenin that in theSoviet Union "even a cookwoman may manage the state".Delyanov also introduced a certain
percentage for accepting theJew s in educational institutions.National minority schools were subject to mandatoryrussification .
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