Ivan Yakovlev (educator)
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Ivan Yakovlevich Yakovlev ' onMouseout='HidePop("82258")' href="/topics/Tatarstan">Tatarstan
- October 23, 1930, Moscow
) was a Chuvash
enlightener, educator, and writer.
In 1875, Ivan Yakovlev was graduated from the Kazan University. While he was still a gymnasium
student, he invested his own capital and private donations into the establishment of Simbirsk Chuvash School in 1868. Thanks to the efforts of Ilya Ulyanov
(Vladimir Lenin
's father), this school would be funded by the government starting 1871. In 1877, the school was transformed into Simbirsk Central Chuvash School. After his graduation from the university, Ivan Yakovlev worked as an inspector of Chuvash schools in the Kazan School District (until 1903) and headed the Chuvash School for Teachers (until October 1919). Ivan Yakovlev contributed to the establishing of Chuvash and other national schools in the Volga region
. He was the one to create special instruction methods based on Konstantin Ushinsky
’s pedagogical legacy. In the early 1870s, Ivan Yakovlev put together a new Chuvash alphabet, wrote several primers and textbooks based on the Russian alphabet
. He is also known for having translated some of the Russian writers into the Chuvash language
(Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Krylov
, Leo Tolstoy
, Nikolai Nekrasov and others).
The Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name. There is also a monument and a museum of Ivan Yakovlev in Cheboksary
.
Also Alikovo middle school
bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name.
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of Russia located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan, which is one of Russia's largest and most prosperous cities. The republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with the Mari El, Udmurt,...
- October 23, 1930, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
) was a Chuvash
Chuvash people
The Chuvash people are a Turkic ethnic group, native to an area stretching from the Volga Region to Siberia. Most of them live in Republic of Chuvashia and surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout all Russia.- Etymology :...
enlightener, educator, and writer.
In 1875, Ivan Yakovlev was graduated from the Kazan University. While he was still a gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
student, he invested his own capital and private donations into the establishment of Simbirsk Chuvash School in 1868. Thanks to the efforts of Ilya Ulyanov
Ilya Ulyanov
Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov was a Russian public figure in the field of public education and a teacher...
(Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
's father), this school would be funded by the government starting 1871. In 1877, the school was transformed into Simbirsk Central Chuvash School. After his graduation from the university, Ivan Yakovlev worked as an inspector of Chuvash schools in the Kazan School District (until 1903) and headed the Chuvash School for Teachers (until October 1919). Ivan Yakovlev contributed to the establishing of Chuvash and other national schools in the Volga region
Volga Region
Volga Region is a historical region of Russia that encompasses the territories adjacent to the flow of Volga River. According to the flow of the river, it is usually classified into the Middle Volga Region and Lower Volga Region...
. He was the one to create special instruction methods based on Konstantin Ushinsky
Konstantin Ushinsky
Konstantin Dmitrievich Ushinsky was a Russian teacher and writer, credited as the founder of scientific pedagogy in Russia .Konstantin Ushinsky was born in Tula to a family of a retired officer. Soon the family moved to Novhorod-Siverskyi where Konstantin's father was appointed an uyezd judge...
’s pedagogical legacy. In the early 1870s, Ivan Yakovlev put together a new Chuvash alphabet, wrote several primers and textbooks based on the Russian alphabet
Russian alphabet
The Russian alphabet is a form of the Cyrillic script, developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
. He is also known for having translated some of the Russian writers into the Chuvash language
Chuvash language
Chuvash is a Turkic language spoken in central Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the Oghur branch of Turkic languages....
(Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Krylov
Ivan Krylov
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine, later fables were original work, often satirizing the incompetent bureaucracy that was stifling social progress in his time.-Life:Ivan Krylov was born in...
, Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
, Nikolai Nekrasov and others).
The Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name. There is also a monument and a museum of Ivan Yakovlev in Cheboksary
Cheboksary
-Twin towns/sister cities:Cheboksary is twinned with: Eger in Hungary Antalya in Turkey Santa Clara in CubaAlso Partnerships are shown with: Rundu in Namibia -External links:****...
.
Also Alikovo middle school
Alikovo middle school
Alikovo middle school or Yakovlev's school—state middle school of Alikovsky District of Chuvash Republic. The middle school bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name.- Well-deserved theachers :* Alekseev Yuri N.* Volkov Edikt K.* Larionov, Nikita L...
bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name.
Literature
- Дело его жизни. Сборник научных статей. Издатель — фонд им. Яковлева. Редактор Кириллов И. П. Cheboksary, 2008.
- Итоги юбилейной научной сессии, посвященной столетию со дня рождения И. Я. Яковлева, «Записки Чувашского н.-и. института языка, литературы и истории», 1949. в. 3;
- Краснов Н. Г. Иван Яковлевич Яковлев. Жизнь. Деятельность. Педагогические идеи. Очерки. Cheboksary, 1976.
- Этнопедагогический манифест И. Я. Яковлева. Cheboksary, 2003. ISBN 5-86765-253-X
- Волков Г. Н. Жизнь, смерть и бессмертие патриарха. Cheboksary, 2004. ISBN 5-86765-268-8
- Симбирская чувашская школа. Квартира И. Я. Яковлева. Путеводитель. — Ul'yanovsk: Издательство «Корпорация технологий продвижения», 2003. — 24 с.