THE FIRST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN SHUSHA

Of the 12 madrassas operating as the first educational institutions in the history of education in Azerbaijan, 2 operated in Shusha. Many prominent personalities grew up in Govhariya and Bethlehem madrasas. It is known from history that with the Treaty of Kurakchay in 1805, the Karabakh khanate joined Tsarist Russia. In order to strengthen its colonial position, Tsarist Russia had always sought to secure its imperial interests in all areas of its occupation, including education. From this point of view, he approached the issues of education in Shusha district, including the opening of schools, the content of training from this position and paid special attention to the training of personnel who would serve the empire. Research shows that Tsarist Russia opened Prikhod schools under madrassas, but Muslims opposed the education of their children in these schools. In the following periods,educational institutions such as province schools, literacy schools, Russian-Tatar schools, Zemstvo (urban and rural) schools, Edadi (real gymnasium) gymnasium, progymnasiums began to operate.The history of education in Shusha also includes agricultural schools. The article also contains information about Shusha intellectuals who studied in Russia during Tsarist Russia.