COVER LETTER FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE SEMIRECHENSK REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION FROM THE BISHKEK TWO-CLASS CITY SCHOOL ON THE CHARTER OF THE SOCIETY FOR ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY STUDENTS
Bishkek, May 7, 1901
Herewith, I have the honor to submit seven (7) copies of the Charter of the Society for Assistance to Needy Students in the city of Bishkek and to inform that the opening of the aforementioned society took place on September 4, 1900.
Head of the Bishkek City School, Svirchevsky
Appendix
I permit the application of this charter to the Society for Assistance to Needy Students in the city of Bishkek.
Major General Ionov, June 1900
CHARTER
Of the Society for Assistance to Needy Students in the city of Bishkek "named after A.S. Pushkin"
§1
1. Purpose of the Society
The Society aims to care for underprivileged students in the Bishkek two-class city school and the women's parish school.
Note: With the development of the Society's activities, assistance may also be provided to those completing courses at the Bishkek two-class city school and the women's parish school, who are under the Society's care and wish to continue their education in other educational institutions not included in the Society's activities. Assistance in such cases may only be one-time and only to those completing courses who deserve it based on their behavior, outstanding abilities, and successes, as certified by the school administration.
§2
The assistance of the Society may be expressed in:
a) payment of tuition fees;
b) free provision of books and educational materials approved by the Ministry of Public Education and the spiritual department, and selling such materials to students at a reduced price;
c) providing clothing, food, and shelter for the needy, if they cannot acquire them through their own labor;
d) assisting in finding employment for those in need;
e) supplying poor sick individuals with medical supplies, under the supervision of a doctor at home, as well as placing such sick individuals in hospitals at the Society's expense and assisting with the burial of the deceased, — and
f) assigning monetary assistance in exceptional cases.
Note: When providing assistance to students through payment of tuition fees, free provision of books and materials, delivery of clothing, food, housing, and monetary assistance, not only their degree of need is taken into account but also their diligence and good behavior, as certified by the administration of the educational institution.
CGA RK. F.44.0p.1.D.1196.L.9. Original.
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REQUEST OF THE HEAD OF THE BISHKEK DISTRICT TO THE MILITARY GOVERNOR OF THE SEMIRECHENSK REGION ON THE NECESSITY TO INTRODUCE COURSES IN THE BISHKEK AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, IN ADDITION TO HORTICULTURE, CATTLE BREEDING, AND BEEKEEPING
Bishkek, January 9, 1902
In the presence of the official for agricultural and land matters at the Department of Agriculture and State Properties in the Turkestan region, Mr. Shakhnazarov, the question was discussed by the rural landlords of the city of Bishkek: "Does the Bishkek Agricultural School, under the current conditions, meet the requirements for the further development of local agriculture?".
During the discussion, it became clear that only horticulture is taught at this school; horticulture currently does not constitute a branch of agriculture that can provide a livelihood due to the lack of market for fruits in the Bishkek district, and only a few rural landlords have fruit plantations for personal use. The main occupations of the entire contingent of the Bishkek district are grain farming, cattle breeding, and partly beekeeping, which is developing every year. Here, I do not mean to say that the teaching of horticulture should be excluded; this branch of agriculture, with the introduction of the railway through the Bishkek district, will have a great future: all fruits will find a market in Siberia, thus, Semirechye will have the same significance for Siberia as Crimea does for Russia.
Considering local conditions and wishing to meet the development of culture, it would be appropriate to teach in the agricultural school: field farming, horticulture, and beekeeping, but since peasants have been farmers from childhood and know field farming so well from practice that they can successfully engage in grain farming without studying this subject in school. Kyrgyz have traditionally engaged in cattle breeding, but no improvements in this matter are observed: everything is done in a routine manner, without any knowledge. Beekeeping in the Bishkek district is developing vigorously, aided by the mountain flora; recently, Kyrgyz, such as Komel Shabdanov and Mambet-Aly Muratalin, have apiaries with frame hives. Local beekeepers acquire knowledge from the mouths of healers.
The circumstances you have outlined urgently require that students in the Bishkek Agricultural School be taught: cattle breeding, horticulture, and beekeeping; the development of the program is a matter for specialists, provided that the school produces fully trained cattle breeders, gardeners, and beekeepers.
Mr. Shakhnazarov stated that the agricultural school with courses in cattle breeding, horticulture, and beekeeping can only be opened if 100 desiatins of suitable land are allocated for the school near the city of Bishkek.
This statement was proposed by me to the societies of the Tolkan and Alamedin volosts, whose lands adjoin the city of Bishkek. The elected representatives of these volosts, after discussing the proposed issue and realizing the benefits of the future school, agreed to allocate 100 desiatins of land for the school, with the only condition that Kyrgyz children be educated free of charge in this school.
I also report that the allocation of one hundred desiatins of land will not adversely affect the Kyrgyz economy of the Tolkan and Alamedin volosts.
Regarding the above, I have the honor to report to Your Excellency and request your support in introducing courses in cattle breeding and beekeeping into the existing Bishkek Agricultural School, in addition to horticulture.
Appendix: Resolution of the Tolkan volost dated November 30, 1901, No. 12, and of the Alamedin volost dated November 30, 1901, No. 6*.
Acting District Head, Cossack [signature]
. F. I-7. Op.1. D.2568.L.18-19ob. Original.
Decisions on the city public bank in Bishkek. Documents No. 25 - No. 27