In the year 1917 there were on September 1st, 33,337 elementary schools (in 26 provinces).
In the school year 1917-18 there were 52,274 elementary schools, with 4,133,932 pupils.
In the school year 1918-19 there were approximately 62,233 elementary schools.
As regards middle schools, in the school year 1917-18 there were 1330, and in the school year 1918-19 there were 3783.
Preparatory schools and similar institutions were quite unknown under the tsarist regime. In this matter the Soviet Power had to make an entirely new start. Notwithstanding the unfavourable circumstances, by October 1st, 1919, in 31 provinces, the kindergartens, play schools, and homes numbered 2615, and cared for 155,443 children. At this date, about 2.5 per cent. of all the children from three to five years of age were attending such institutions. In