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The Bestuzhev Courses (russian: Бестужевские курсы) in
Saint Petersburg
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were the largest and most prominent women's higher education institution in
Imperial Russia
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.
The institute opened its doors in 1878. It was named after
Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Konstantin Nikolayevich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (russian: Константин Николаевич Бестужев-Рюмин; 1829 in Kudryoshki, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate – 1897) was one of the most popular Russian Imperial historians of the 19t ...
, the first director. Other professors included
Baudouin de Courtenay
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For most of his life Baudouin de Courtenay worked at Imperi ...
,
Alexander Borodin,
Faddei Zielinski,
Dmitry Mendeleyev
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...
,
Ivan Sechenov
Doctor Ivan Mikhaylovich Sechenov (russian: Ива́н Миха́йлович Се́ченов; , Tyoply Stan (now Sechenovo) near Simbirsk, Russia – , Moscow), was a Russian psychologist, physiologist, and medical scientist.
The very fa ...
, and
. An assistant professor there was
Vera Bogdanovskaya, the first female chemist to die as a result of her own research.
Nadezhda Krupskaya and
Maria Piłsudska
Maria Piłsudska (née Koplewska; 1865 – 17 August 1921), was the first wife of Poland's Marshal Józef Piłsudski and ostensibly the first lady of Poland during most of his service as Poland's Chief of State.
Life
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were among the graduates. The courses occupied a purpose-built edifice on
Vasilievsky Island
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.
After the
Russian Revolution
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, they were reorganized as the Third University of Petrograd, which was merged into the
Petrograd University
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in September 1919.
The encyclopaedia of St. Petersburg
See also
* Guerrier Courses
The Higher Courses for Women in Moscow () was a university for women between 1872 and 1918 (with a break in 1888-1900), after which they were transformed into the 2nd Moscow State University. It was one of the largest and most prominent women's hi ...
References
External links
"Women’s higher education institution (Bestuzhev Courses) opened in St. Petersburg 135 years ago"
- Yeltzin Presidential Library
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Education in Russia
Former women's universities and colleges
Universities in Saint Petersburg
1878 establishments in the Russian Empire
1918 disestablishments in Russia
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