Development of the Russian Education System in the first quarter of the XIX century.The Main Provisions of the Charter of 1804

The content and quality of education traditionally attract the attention of the state and society. Inmodern conditions, Russian secondary schools receive more critical comments than enthusiastic assessments. This encourages us to look for transformation options to overcome the existing shortcomings. According to the authors, any reform, including in the field of education, can be successful only if it meets the challenges of the time and is based on historical experience. Therefore, it is important to study and summarize the pages of the history of the national school. The purpose of this article is to study the formation of the national education system and its evolution in the first quarter of the XIX century. The work uses normative legal documents adopted during the period under review by the government of Alexander I, which reflect the essence of state policy in the field of education. They regulated the types of educational institutions, their purpose and objectives, the list and content of academic disciplines, the rights and obligations of participants in the educational process, etc. The main conclusions on the research topic are as follows. The policy of the governmentof Alexander I in the field of education can be divided into 2 stages. Aspart of the first stage, the Charter of Educational Institutions was developed, which is characterized by a liberal nature. He introduced the principle of continuity and general education into the school system being created in the country. At the second stage, serious changes were made to the content of education, thepowers of school administrations were limited, etc.