Polikarpov’s Primer of the 1701: Elementary education project in transitional Russia
Polikarpov’s Primer of the 1701: Elementary education project in transitional Russia

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses one of the first Muscovy primers printed in the early 18th century andused for over fifty years. The primer’s structure and its overall concept are analysed in detail.The article also considers the primer’s dictionary section and the theological concept whichallowed to offer Russian students a three-language study book containing study materials inthree languages (Church Slavonic, Greek, and Latin) but one Orthodox credo. Close readingmethods allowed the author to consider such type of early Modern primers as a tool for strictconfessional religious education and not for wider purposes.

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