The activity of progressive representatives of education in southern lands of ukraine in the late nineteenth century in the development of the valeological education

The aim of the article is to analyse the activity of progressive representatives of education in the southern lands of Ukraine in the late nineteenth century in the development of the valeological education in accordance with the historical features of the South of Ukraine in XIX century, which affected the development of education in the region. The author concludes that since the 80's - 90's of the nineteenth century the practical activity of progressive representatives of education of southern edge created the conditions for active use in school practice the educational courses aimed at strengthening and preservation of health, which was one of the components of the valeological education; leading teachers, scholars and intellectuals, in the fight against national conservative views, proposed the democratic approach in the process of valeological education for students, described certain elements of the content of valeological education, defined the basic forms and ways of its implementation in the educational process of the school.