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St Vladimir's Female Church-teacher School - 1909

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Channel: Nigel Fowler Sutton · 2015 · Travel & Events

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Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях
Свято-Владимирская женская церковно-учительская школа 
Забалканский пр., 96 
Санкт-Петербур 1909

Pre-revolutionary Russia in photographs
St. Vladimir's Female Church-teacher School
Zabalkansky Ave., 96
St. Petersburg in 1909

Music:
From the Prelude No.3 in D minor. Op.23 by S. Rachmaninov


The history of St. Vladimir's school dates back to 1873, when a Decree of Ecclesiastical Consistory from the Abbess of the Resurrection Novodevichy Convent in St. Petersburg was issued. The decree  allowed for the establishment, in the monastery grounds, of a home for 10 orphans from all classes. The school was officially opened on the 31, October 1889, in memory of the 900th anniversary of the founding of Rus at St. Vladimir, accompanied by a solemn litany and procession. The ceremonies to mark this event was attended amongst others, by the Archbishop of Vladimir & Suzdal, the Procurator of the Holy Synod, the Minister of Education and a member of the Privy-Council…..
The school accepted girls of between 11 and 14 years of age who were taught by 5 school teachers. One servant was also hired. Initially, the pupils went to church services in the monastery. In 1895 a two-storey wooden house was built to accommodate the school. Three years later the building was replaced by a stone built two-storey one, decorated in the Russian-Byzantine style, by the architect Vladimir Kurzanov ,described, at the time  "….. in two floors, with a large light in the middle of a corridor and an adjoining outdoor recreation hall on the second floor, with a beautiful and strong mosaic floors. In classrooms and living rooms have parquet floors ... "
I understand that the school closed with the Revolution and in the 1920's was used as a hospital. During the 1930's the school building was demolished……

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