Ivan Yakovlev

Thanks to the efforts of Ilya Ulyanov (Vladimir Lenin's father), this school would be funded by the government starting 1871. In 1877, the school was transformed into Simbirsk Central Chuvash School. After his graduation from the university, Ivan Yakovlev worked as an inspector of Chuvash schools in the Kazan School District (until 1903) and headed the Chuvash School for Teachers (until October 1919). Yakovlev contributed to the establishing of Chuvash and other national schools in the Volga region. He was the one to create special instruction methods based on Konstantin Ushinsky’s pedagogical legacy. In the early 1870s, Ivan Yakovlev put together a new Chuvash alphabet, wrote several primers and textbooks based on the Russian alphabet. He is also known for having translated some of the Russian writers into the Chuvash language (Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Krylov, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Nekrasov and others). The Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name. There is also a monument and a museum of Ivan Yakovlev in Cheboksary. Alikovo middle school bears Ivan Yakovlev’s name.

Ivan Yakovlev studied at Simbirsk Classical Gymnasium. The recorded working language is Chuvash and Russian. Distinctions recorded are Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class and Order of St.

• Name — Ivan Yakovlev • Birthplace — Koshki-Novotimbaeyvo, Buinsky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire • Citizenship — Russian Empire, USSR • Occupation — Educator • Language — Chuvash, Russian • Subject — Education, pedagogy, writer, translator • Native Name — * Иван Яковлевич Яковлев • Яккӑвлӗв Йӑван Яккӑлчӗ