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2 giorni fa · Education and culture were also central to Catherine's vision for Russia. She founded the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens in 1764, pioneering state-funded higher education for women. This institution aimed to cultivate educated and capable women who could contribute to society.
3 giorni fa · At the time, he saw her only as a little girl and probably forgot their visit. After the death of her father, who had left his family without resources, Catherine and her sister were sent to the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens in St. Petersburg, a school for well-born girls. The Tsar paid for their education and that of their four brothers.
2 giorni fa · Trotsky himself rarely comes to the Foreign Offices, preferring the democratic clangor of Smolny Institute to the respectful quietude of Palace Square. On the top floor of that one-time seminary for aristocratic young ladies, the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs has two bare rooms, one where he and his wife sleep on rude cots, the other for an office.
3 giorni fa · The first state-financed higher education institution for women in Europe, Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens , was established by Catherine II of Russia in 1764. The Commission of National Education in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , founded in 1777, considered the first Ministry of Education in history, was a central, autonomous body responsible for nationwide, secular and ...
3 giorni fa · Interview. Adrian Bradbury on The Pre-Raphaelite Cello. A rich treasure-chest of premiere recordings for piano and cello, newly released on Somm - inspired by the British cellist Beatrice Harrison, and by the 'Frankfurt Gang' of composers with whom she was closely linked. Commemorating the centenary of a landmark outside broadcast by the BBC ...
1 giorno fa · Stalin's office was based near to Lenin's in the Smolny Institute, and he and Trotsky were the only individuals allowed access to Lenin's study without an appointment. Although not so publicly well known as Lenin or Trotsky, Stalin's importance among the Bolsheviks grew.
3 giorni fa · Mats Malm, the current permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, announcing the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors for outstanding contributions in the field of literature.
