Lyceum № 13 (russian: Лицей № 13) is a municipal general educational establishment in

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

. The school's building was designed in 1892 by the architect . It originally housed the Ekaterininskaya Women's Gymnasium of

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. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

History

A female gymnasium was founded in

in the late 19th century. It was named Ekaterininskaya in honour of Empress

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, the city's founder. The building of gymnasium was designed in 1892 by Nakhichevan architect . Originally the building had two floors. Ekaterininskaya female gymnasium was an elite educational institution, teaching

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, geography, history, handicrafts, and art. The original period of study was eight years; in 1910 it was increased to nine years. In 1921 the S. D. Markov First Soviet Labour School was opened in the building. In the 1930s it was renamed the

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School. Between 1943 and 1944, during the Second World War, the building housed a hospital, and was then used by military institutions until 1947. It was then repaired and in 1952 Lyceum № 13 was opened.

Architecture and design

The brick building has three floors and a pitched roof. The facades are finished with plaster. Three large projections protrude on the symmetrical main facade. The main entrance is located in the centre. The eastern and western facades are decorated with wall setbacks. The facades are designed with

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, heraldic inserts, wreaths,

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s and

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. The building has complex configuration. The grand staircase is situated in its central part. The classrooms and support space are situated on both sides of the central corridor. The assembly hall is located on the second floor.

Notable students

* The writer

Marietta Shaginyan Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan (russian: Мариэ́тта Серге́евна Шагиня́н; hy, Մարիետա Սերգեյի Շահինյան, April 2, 1888 – March 20, 1982) was a Soviet writer, historian and activist of Armenian des ...

studied in the gymnasium between 1902 and 1903. A commemorative plaque was placed on the school's facade in 1986: "In this building in 1902-1903 Marietta Sergeevna Shaginyan (1888-1982), the writer, Hero of the Socialist Labour, laureate of the Lenin and State Prizes studied in the female gymnasium". * The historian and academic Militsa Nechkina was a student of the gymnasium between 1910 and 1914. She was a specialist on 19th century revolutionary movements, a researcher of the life and works of

Alexander Griboyedov Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Sergeevich Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Gri ...

, and the author of popular books on the

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, and history textbooks for secondary and high schools.

References

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