Аңдатпа
The article discusses the educational activities of the tsarist government in Semirechye in the earlytwentieth century. Conducting educational work by the Semirechensky Resettlement Directorate, theSemiresensk Regional Committee and the Special Council on documents No. 19 of the fund of the centralstate archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Based on these documents, the directions of the colonialpolicy of the pre-revolutionary tsarist government in Zhetysu are determined. The reflection of the colonialpolicy of the tsarist government in Zhetysu in the writings of officials S.N. Veletsky, A.P. Kuplast,A.V. Vasiliev, A.L. Tregubova, K.K. Palena. The views of representatives of the Kazakh intelligentsia A.Bukeikhanov, M. Dulatov, A. Baitursynov, M. Tynyshbaev about the consequences of spiritual colonizationare revealed. Based on the documents of the foundation, the religious and educational work ofthe Russian Empire among the immigrants is stated. It will justify the allocation of land allotments andfunds for the construction of schools and churches, the close attention of the Resettlement Departmentto conduct educational events.