Alelsandr Sedelnikov was born on August 30, 1876, in the city of Talitsa, Perm Governorate. His parents moved to Omsk to give their children a good education.
There Sedelnikov completed primary school and college and then enrolled at one of the best institutions of Siberia — the Omsk Teacher Training College. In his student years, he made several trips up the Irtysh River, near Omsk, and collected natural and historical materials.
Sedelnikov was interested in public life, studied prohibited literature, and even attended illegal political clubs. Police subsequently put him under surveillance. After graduating from college, Sedelnikov had to leave Omsk. In 1896, he became a non-matriculated student of the physics and mathematics faculty at the Yuryev University.
Sedelnikov returned to Omsk in 1900. In the same year, he became a member of the Western-Siberian department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. He made 17 research expeditions and published 47 scientific papers.
Sedelnikov devoted 19 years to pedagogy. Since 1900, he was a teacher at the Omsk College, from 1907 to 1919 worked in the Omsk TeacherTraining College. At first, he was a natural science teacher and then became its first elected director. In 1916, his “Homeland Studies Textbook for the Schools of Western-Siberian Educational District. Akmola Region” was published.
Sedelnikov hoped that in the future such textbooks will be used in schools of other regions. He wrote in the preface:
There Sedelnikov completed primary school and college and then enrolled at one of the best institutions of Siberia — the Omsk Teacher Training College. In his student years, he made several trips up the Irtysh River, near Omsk, and collected natural and historical materials.
Sedelnikov was interested in public life, studied prohibited literature, and even attended illegal political clubs. Police subsequently put him under surveillance. After graduating from college, Sedelnikov had to leave Omsk. In 1896, he became a non-matriculated student of the physics and mathematics faculty at the Yuryev University.
Sedelnikov returned to Omsk in 1900. In the same year, he became a member of the Western-Siberian department of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society. He made 17 research expeditions and published 47 scientific papers.
Sedelnikov devoted 19 years to pedagogy. Since 1900, he was a teacher at the Omsk College, from 1907 to 1919 worked in the Omsk TeacherTraining College. At first, he was a natural science teacher and then became its first elected director. In 1916, his “Homeland Studies Textbook for the Schools of Western-Siberian Educational District. Akmola Region” was published.
Sedelnikov hoped that in the future such textbooks will be used in schools of other regions. He wrote in the preface:
