Siberian Intelligentsia in Socio-Cultural Space of Russia at the Turn of XIX-XX Centuries

The article dwells upon the problems of formation and development of the Siberian intelligentsia at the turn of XIX - XX centuries and the sources of its formation are mentioned as well. The views of representatives of regionalism on the questions of formation of the Siberian intelligentsia. The impossibility of a full-fledged cultural development of the region only by the visiting intellectuals from among political exile and came to Siberia to work temporarily. Substantiates the dependence of the level of cultural development of Siberia from the quantitative and qualitative composition of the Siberian intelligentsia, came directly from the people of the region. The leading role of the creative intelligentsia in the development of the cultural life of the region, an analysis of its theatrical, musical, and artistic activities. On the basis of a comparative analysis of the social and educational activities of the intelligentsia of Russia and Siberia, revealed distinctive features in the character of its creative development. The dependence of the cultural life of Siberia from the socio-cultural processes in Central Russia. The article dwells upon the cultural contacts between the two regions.