The Bestuzhev Courses ( Russian : Бестужевские курсы ) in Saint Petersburg were the largest and most prominent women's higher education institution in Imperial Russia .
5-484: The institute opened its doors in 1878. It was named after Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin , the first director. However, the actual lead organizing force was provided by women: Nadezhda Stasova , Anna Filosofova , and several others. Other professors included Baudouin de Courtenay , Alexander Borodin , Faddei Zielinski , Dmitry Mendeleyev , Ivan Sechenov , and Sergey Platonov . An assistant professor there
10-718: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ryumin Konstantin Nikolayevich Bestuzhev-Ryumin ( Russian : Константин Николаевич Бестужев-Рюмин ; 1829 in Kudryoshki , Nizhny Novgorod Governorate – 1897) was one of the most popular Russian Imperial historians of the 19th century. He held a chair in Russian History at the University of St. Petersburg (1864–85) and
15-853: Was Vera Bogdanovskaya , the first female chemist to die as a result of her own research. Nadezhda Krupskaya and Maria Piłsudska were among the graduates. The courses occupied a purpose-built edifice on Vasilievsky Island . After the Russian Revolution , they were reorganized as the Third University of Petrograd, which was merged into the Petrograd University in September 1919. 59°56′34″N 30°16′22″E / 59.94278°N 30.27278°E / 59.94278; 30.27278 This Russian university, college or other education institution article
20-519: Was drawn to a moderate wing of the Slavophile movement and welcomed Nikolai Danilevsky 's theories. His pupils include Alexander III of Russia , several Grand Dukes from the Romanov family , and historian Sergey Platonov . Among Bestuzhev's works are a set of popular books on Russia's history, several monographs on medieval paleography , and the two volumes of Russian History . The latter work
25-673: Was elected into the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences in 1890. In 1878 he founded and gave his name to the Bestuzhev Courses , "the largest and most prominent women's higher education institution in Russia". Bestuzhev was born into one of Russia's oldest families; Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin was his uncle. He started out as a journalist, helping Andrey Krayevsky to edit the literary journal Otechestvennye Zapiski where he published numerous reviews of historical and ethnographic works. He
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