All Russia wanted technical education, but the Ministry opened only classical gymnasia, because formidable courses of Latin and Greek were considered the best means of preventing the pupils from reading and thinking.
Kropotkin critiques the educational policies of the Russian government that prioritized classical education over technical training.
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