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Белостокский институт благородных девиц / Bialystok Institute for Noble Maidens - 1905

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2015 · Travel & Events

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Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Белостокский институт благородных девиц 
императора Николая I
1905

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
The Bialystok Institute for Noble Maidens
Emperor Nicholas I
1905

Here I present an album of original photographs of the finishing school
for Noble Maidens Emperor Nicholas I in Bialystok (Poland) when the city was part of the Russian Empire.

The Institute was conceived in 1837 and opened in 1841. The school was created as a closed place of education for teaching the daughters of  poor noblemen for free and for other noble a fee was charged. The length of residence being six years.
 According to the Institute Charter, the aim of the school was to  provide such an education that on graduation, the girls "…….. may subsequently be good wives, mothers and gentle exemplary mentors.

Music:
Prelude in D, Op. 23 No.4 by S. Rachmaninov

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