Fedor Sannikov - Teacher at Yekaterinburg Arithmetic School (1734—1741)

Abstract

The activity of the teacher of the Yekaterinburg arithmetic school, who managed through self-education, great dedication to earn the rank of chief officer, that is, chief officer, is considered. The training program has been disclosed. It is shown that in the conditions of the acute need of the factories for young people who know the basics of mathematics, the students were assigned to cases without completing the full course. The number of school students for thirds of the year, the number of collective enrollments were established, the total number of students trained by Sannikov was calculated - at least 156. It is shown that the school entered at the age of 9 to 20 years, among them were the children of officers, clerks, most of them were the children of masters, apprentices, factory workers, there were children of soldiers. At the same time, Sannikov taught arithmetic to students from other schools in Yekaterinburg, supervised training in the arithmetic schools of the Uktussky and Verkh-Isetsky factories. Sannikov’s advanced views on the methods of education and punishment of children are characterized. A wide range of additional assignments assigned to Sannikov as a qualified specialist is presented: searching for places for the construction of factories, searching for silver, preparing hundreds of drawings of factories, teaching drafting to young people, monitoring meteorological observations in Yekaterinburg, etc.