Fedor Egorovich Paktovskii (1859 – about 1922), a teacher and public figure of educational institutions in Saratov, Kazan, Tambov, Kursk and Kharʼkov provinces

Abstract

Based on a wide range of historical sources, including published reference and anniversary editions, periodicals and documents from the collections of the Russian State Historical Archives and the Department of Manuscripts of the Russian State Library, the professional biography of Paktovskii Fedor Egorovich, a teacher, philologist and public figure, was restored. The research paper introduces previously unknown photographs of him and his family into scientific circulation for the first time, and also presents the attribution of an exhibit, i.e., a book by F.E. Paktovskii, kept in the funds of the Museum of History of the National Research University “BelSU”. In accordance with the geography of his career movements, five main periods of his life (Saratov, Kazan, Morshansk, Belgorod, Khar’kov) were identified and studied in chronological order. It is established that the professional path of F.E. Paktovskii is a movement from the position of a teacher to the position of a gymnasium director, and his social activism was aimed not only at the development of educational institutions, but also the cities in which he served. The research activity of F.E. Paktovskii, as a philologist, that he practiced for many years, is also of interest to researchers. Based on the information from the materials of the periodical press, it was possible to find that he was loved by his students and the intelligentsia.