Maria Novosiltseva (1830-1910), was a Russian Empire pedagogue. She was the principal of the

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in 1886–1895. She was the daughter of noble Peter Kozhin and married the estate owner Ivan Novosiltsev (1823-1870) in 1847. She was appointed principal by

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after her effort as a nurse during the

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. She lacked education and changed nothing in the institute at the educational level, but she reformed the medical care at the institute and was described as popular and considerate.

References

* Императорское воспитательное общество благородных девиц 1764–1914. Т.2. — Петроград, 1915. — 662 с {{DEFAULTSORT:Novosiltseva, Maria 1830 births 1910 deaths 19th-century educators from the Russian Empire Educators from the Russian Empire Nobility from the Russian Empire Russian people of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)