Progress over 100 years.
My Grandma by Mother, 1902 Graduated from the one-class (two-year) Church and Parish School (CPSH). Grandfather of 1905. Two years of class (four years). He was very proud of that. Going to the store, the grandmother left his grandfather a note "Van glyan on the hole of chickens ". My grandfather kept this note and constantly showed it to me. Grandma by father, 1912 She was illiterate: she could neither read nor write. I read her letters and cards from her daughters.
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