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The Most Unusual and Interesting Schools in the History of Russia

Pastor Gluck's Gymnasium – Educator and Mentor of the First Empress

11 Maroseyka St., Moscow, Russia, 101000

Sheremetev informed Peter I about the capture of Gluck, and the sovereign ordered him to be brought to Moscow, evidently deciding to make use of his knowledge. On January 6, 1703, the prisoners were delivered to Moscow to the building of the Discharge Office, and already on January 19, it was ordered that the "Sveyan Apt" (this title was given to Gluck in the documents of that time), who was skilled in "many school, mathematical, and philosophical sciences in various languages," be taken for the "sovereign's affairs" to the Ambassadorial Office.

Petrishule — one of the oldest educational institutions in Russia and the first school in Saint Petersburg

Nevsky Prospect 22-24, Building A, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

"Petrishule" (in German St. Petri-Schule) is one of the oldest educational institutions in Russia and the first school of Saint Petersburg, founded in 1709. It bore the following names: School at the Lutheran parish of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul; the first mention of the school dates back to 1709. In the Archive of the Russian Navy (fund 234) there is a letter from Admiral Cornelius Cruys to Emperor Peter I about the organization of a church and a school at it in his estate, which was then located on the site of the current New Hermitage on the side of the German (Millionnaya) street.

The History of the Stieglitz Academy - the Famous Fly

Solyanoy Lane, 13, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191187

The Baron Stieglitz Academy is known not only in Russia but also abroad as a forge for outstanding artists. Its history began in 1876 and is inextricably linked with the name of Alexander Ludwigovich Stieglitz.

Chizhik Pyzhik

Fontanka River Embankment, 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191187

The smallest monument in Petersburg

Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum

Sadovaya St., 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 196601

It was on October 19 (October 31 in the new style), 1811, that the ceremonial opening of the Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum took place – the first lyceum in Russia, an educational institution for noble "youth, especially intended for important branches of state service." The lyceum was founded by the decree of Emperor Alexander I, and its curriculum was aimed at preparing high-ranking government officials.

Tenishev School

Mokhovaya St., 33, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191028

In January 1911, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov enrolled his sons — the elder was almost twelve, and the younger was eleven — in the Tenishev School, a private school founded in 1900 by Prince Vyacheslav Tenishev, who, during the first few years of its existence, allocated more than a million rubles for its needs.

Imperial Alexander Lyceum

Kamennoostrovsky Ave., 21, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197101

The Alexandrovsky Lyceum (Imperial Alexandrovsky Lyceum) is the name of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum after its relocation from Tsarskoye Selo to Saint Petersburg, as well as the complex of buildings in which it was housed.