Changes of the first Siberian school society charter and their reasons

Questions connected with the process of creation, approval and changes of the principal ideas in the chiefdocument of public organization on the basis of which the society opened and developed its activity have been considered using thecharter of the society. Created and confirmed in 1882 by a well known businessman P.I. Makushin, the charter was supplemented andchanged. The goals and tasks, organizational and financial structure of the organization varied all the time. From the point of view of thegoals, ways of the structure formation, management of the society and material resources creation, we can assert that it was the model ofthe charter of a charitable society. This charter became a sample for creation educational organizations in Siberia in the end of the 19thcentury. On the basis of the analysis of authorized documents it is possible to point out the following stages of life and activity of thesociety: 1. 1880s: the activity of the society is defined by the person of the chairman and his ability to involve sponsors and to cooperatewith the authorities. The primary goals of the society are charitable. 2. 1890s: the basic role in the life of the society is played byCouncils. Commissions help them and provide cultural-educational work. In the activity of the society the accent is displaced towardsprimary development, professional and out-of-school education. 3. The beginning of the 20th century: management decentralization,strengthening of the role of public meetings. The basic field of activity is cultural-educational work. The activity of government officialswas directed at creation of a normal charter unified for all educational societies. Without allowing the expansion of the goals and tasks,the government made an attempt to limit the society structure, to implement intensified control over the activity of all its structures. Thesociety tried to resist the introduction of restrictions. Members of the society refused to recognize and approve the amendments broughtby the government and as an answer sent new petitions for expansion of the rights up till their closing in 1906.

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