Organization of Educational and Extracurricular Activities of Students of Imperial Universities in the mid-19th century

The article considers the organizational features of academic and extracurricular work of students of imperial Russian universities on the example of the Imperial Kharkov University and the Imperial University of St. Vladimir in Kiev.We note that the peculiarities of academic work were differentiated not only at the level of faculties, but also at the level of courses and heads of study.The greatest academic load fell on the students of the Faculty of History and Philology.This fact led to the fact that students of this faculty often moved to other faculties, or even left the university.We also noted that the organization of the educational process in higher educational institutions was under both internal university control and external control -from the trustee of the educational district and ministerial officials.The peculiarity of the educational activity of university students in the mentioned period was the socalled "tradition of dialogical communication".Lectures, which remained the main form of the educational process, were everywhere supplemented by other types and forms of work.These included work with texts (both independent and under the guidance of a teacher); scientific conversations on topical issues; discussions and debates as forms of practical classes; analysis of scientific literature and others.Independent student research work was encouraged from the first year of study.Such research student works helped them to reveal the essence of scientific problems more deeply, as well as their own understanding of them.