The analysis of private women’s boarding schools phenomenon in Russian province of ХIХ century is given. The author cavers special role of a boarding school in the development of women’s education in province in the first half of the XIX century, which was unique women’s educational settlement at that time. From the other side the idea that possibility of foundation of provincial women’s boarding schools was a new form of gender identity is expressed. The analysis of the main purposes of boarding school foundation, social and property cast of provincial she-boarders and peculiarities of educational process is given. Moreover the information about everyday life of provincial she-boarders is introduced. read in PDF>>>