{{Expand Russian, Патриотическое общество, date=May 2014
The Patriotic Society (Russian: Патриотическое общество) was a
charity organisation
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The legal definition of a cha ...
for women, active in
Russia
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from 1812 to 1917. It was the first and most notable women's organisation in
Imperial Russia
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