The Imperial School of Jurisprudence (Russian: Императорское училище правоведения) was, along with the
Page Corps
The Page Corps (russian: Пажеский корпус; french: Corps des Pages) was a military academy in Imperial Russia, which prepared sons of the nobility and of senior officers for military service. Similarly, the Imperial School of Jurisprud ...
, a school for boys in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, the capital of the
Russian Empire
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.
The school for would-be imperial administrators was founded by
Duke Peter of Oldenburg
Duke Constantine Frederick Peter of Oldenburg (german: Konstantin Friedrich Peter; russian: Пётр Гео́ргиевич Ольденбу́ргский, translit=Pëtr Geórgievič Ol'denbúrgskij; – ) was a Duke of the House of Oldenburg. ...
in 1835. The classes were accommodated in six buildings along the
Fontanka
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Quay. The premises were renovated in 1893–95 and 1909–10, when the main building acquired its cupola. After the
October Revolution
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of 1917, the school was disbanded, but its memory survives in the
nursery rhyme
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From t ...
about
Chizhik-Pyzhik.
Among the instructors were lawyers of Imperial Russia, such as
Anatoly Koni
Anatoly Fedorovich Koni (Russian: Анато́лий Фёдорович Ко́ни; 9 February 1844 – 17 September 1927) was a Russian jurist, judge, politician and writer. He was the most politically influential jurist of the late Russian Empir ...
and
Włodzimierz Spasowicz
Włodzimierz Spasowicz or Vladimir Spasovich (1829-1906) was a Polish-Russian lawyer often acclaimed as the most brilliant defense attorney of Imperial Russia.
Spasovich attended school in Minsk and studied law in St. Petersburg University, where ...
. Boys studied in the school for six or seven years. The graduates of the School of Jurisprudence include
Ivan Aksakov,
Aleksey Apukhtin
Aleksey Nikolayevich Apukhtin ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Апу́хтин, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈpuxtʲɪn, a=Alyeksyey Nikolayevich Apuhtin.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Russian poet, writer and critic.
...
,
Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonostsev ( rus, Константи́н Петро́вич Победоно́сцев, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ pəbʲɪdɐˈnostsɨf; 30 November 1827 – 23 March 1907) was a Russian jurist, statesman, ...
,
Alexander Serov
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,
Vladimir Stasov
Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (also Stassov; rus, Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ста́сов; 14 January Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar#Adoption_in_Eastern_Europe.html" ;"title="/nowiki> O.S._2_January.html" ;"title="Adoption of ...
,
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
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,
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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and his younger brother
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (russian: Моде́ст Ильи́ч Чайко́вский; –) was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator.
Early life
Modest Ilyich was born in Alapayevsk, Verkhotursky Uyezd, Perm Governorate, the ...
.
Sources
*Соболевский В. И. Императорское училище правоведения в 1885–1910 годах. St. Petersburg, 1910.
External links
*
History and illustrations on the website of the Saint Petersburg Law Institute
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19th century in Saint Petersburg
Schools in Saint Petersburg
1835 establishments in the Russian Empire
1917 disestablishments in Russia
Law schools in Russia
Defunct schools in Russia
Educational institutions established in 1835
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg