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27 de out. de 2013 · Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens – the first female institution in Russia, which marked the beginning of women’s education in the country. The Institute was founded on the initiative of Ivan Betsky, and in accordance with a decree signed by Catherine II on May 5 (April 24) 1764. The purpose of its creation was, as usual, very good ...
SMOLNY INSTITUTE. Catherine II (the Great) founded the Smolny Institute for Girls, officially the Society for the Upbringing of Noble Girls, in 1764. Its popular name comes from its site in the Smolny Monastery on the left bank of the Neva River in St. Petersburg. Inspired by Saint-Cyr, a boarding school for girls in France, Smolny was part of ...
The Institute’s superior was assigned Countess Anna Sergeevna Dolgorukova; its ruler was a Frenchwoman Sophia de Lafond. Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens was housed by Smolny convent of Resurrection; in 1809 it was given a new building constructed in accordance with G. Quarenghi design (Smolny Institute).
The former Institute of Noble Maidens is part of the ensemble of the Resurrection Smolny Cathedral, which is one of the oldest churches in St. Petersburg and a landmark of the city, made in the style of Elizabethan Baroque. The cathedral was consecrated on July 20 (August 2, new style), 1835, 87 years after the foundation stone was laid in 1748 ...
21 de set. de 2021 · The Smolny Institute (Video) On September 18th, Dr. Nancy Kovaleff-Baker presented “Elite Education in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: The Imperial Educational Society of Noble Maidens” as a part of the Russian History Museum’s Second Saturday lecture series. In this presentation, Dr. Baker outlined different eras of and experiences within The ...
1 de jan. de 2021 · The article emphasizes that the Smolny Institute established itself as a phenomenon due to the fact that there was developed an original educational system, which changed throughout more than 150 ...
