Object: activities of educational districts in Ukraine XIX - early XX century as a historical and pedagogical phenomenon; goal is to identify the conceptual foundations of organizational and methodological activities of school districts in Ukraine XIX - early XX century, their nature, specificity, stages, especially in the context; Methods: The theoretical, chronological, specifically retrieval, historical and structural, structural and genetic, personalistic bibliographical, observational; novelty: the first time in pedagogy historical and pedagogical analysis of organizational and methodological activities of educational districts Ukraine XIX - early XX century is done based on a systematic and civilizational approaches complete picture of organizational-methodical activity of educational districts in Ukraine is reproduced; background (socio-political, socio-economic and educational), stages are identified and characterized especially organizational and methodological activities of educational districts in Ukraine XIX - early XX century; The specificity of the organizational and methodological activities of Kharkov, Odessa, Kiev, Vilna school districts in the study period, associated with the needs of the state, political, social, and economic changes in the determinants of pedagogical conditions of reforming the education system of the Russian Empire, based at national and regional components; isolated and characterized the purpose and content of organizational and methodological activities of school districts in Ukraine XIX - early XX century; the role of intellectuals in the development of organizational and methodological activities of school districts in Ukraine XIX - early XX century is investigated The possibility of using the experience of organizational and methodological activities of investigated school districts in XIX - early XX century in the reform of modern national education system is given. On the basis of scientific research in the data entered in the scientific revolution in unknown and little-known documents, historical facts related to the organizational and methodological work in the school districts of Ukraine XIX - early XX century is a significant contribution to the development of historical and pedagogical science. Essence of the concept of "organizational-methodical activity" school districts and its purpose within the specified period is investigated Further classification, systematization and analysis of published and unpublished documents (laws, regulations, orders, circulars) state educational authorities and guidelines that affect the organizational and methodological work in the school districts of Ukraine XIX - early XX century (structure, content management system ); results: the main findings and conclusions of the thesis research can be used in the further development of scientific problems in the history of education and teaching science of Ukraine; field: general pedagogy and history of pedagogy.
