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The Moscow School of the Order of St Catherine (russian: Московское училище ордена Святой Екатерины) was a girls' school in
Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
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, between 1802 and 1918. It was a fashionable girl school for students from noble and rich
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families (divided in different classes until 1842), which was the Moscow equivalent to the
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of
St 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 ...
. It belonged to the first educational institutions in Moscow.


References

* Московское училище ордена Св. Екатерины 1803–1903 гг.: Исторический очерк. Составлен по поручению Совета Училища Комиссией преподавателей под общей редакцией инспектора классов В. А. Вагнера. М., ечатня А.Снегиревой 1903. VIII, 560 с.; 3 л. портретов. {{Expand Russian, Московское училище ордена Святой Екатерины, date=June 2016 Charities based in Russia Social welfare charities 1802 establishments in the Russian Empire 1918 disestablishments in Russia 19th century in Moscow Schools in Moscow Educational institutions established in 1802 Girls' schools in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow