Educational projects of women philanthropists in Russia at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2024-3-68-76
Abstract
The article considers projects in the field of education proposed and implemented by three women philanthropists at the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th century. Countess V.N. Bobrinskaya (1864–1940) on her Butyrki estate in the Tula province organized a Sunday school for local peasant children and a reading school for their parents. In addition, she headed the Commission for Foreign and Russian Excursions, organizing trips that gave rural teachers the opportunity to work on improving their educational and cultural level. Princess M.K. Tenisheva (1858–1928) opened Tradesmen’s School in Bezhitsa, Smolensk province, for mastering the professions of carpenter, blacksmith and draftsman. She also managed to open a 6-year agricultural school for local peasant children on the Flenovo farmstead. Finally, Lidia Alekseevna Shanyavskaya (1842–1921) put a lot of effort into opening the Moscow People’s University in 1908. Thus, three remarkable women contributed to Russian enlightenment.
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared as part of the RSUH project “National Model of Gender Equality. Interdisciplinary and Expert Approach” (competition “Project Research Teams of the Russian State University for the Humanities”, 2023)
About the Author
M. B. Bulanova
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina B. Bulanova, Dr. of Sci. (Sociology), professor
6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047
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Bulanova M.B. Educational projects of women philanthropists in Russia at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2024;(3):68-76. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2024-3-68-76
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