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The Woman Gymnasium of the Ministry Of People’s Education


Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/Monuments of history and culture

The Tsarskoye Selo Woman Gymnasium of the Ministry of People’s Education was founded in 1904. Firstly it was placed in a tenancy house at the corner of Magazeinaya Street and Konyushennaya Street. There were eight basic classes and one preparing class with the payment 100 Rb per year for the education. Furthermore its budget included benefits from the Ministry of People’s Education, the Town Council and Uezd zemstvo organization. A plot from the Material yard was given for constructing the building. The project “in the Empire style”, developed by A.R. Bach in 1909, was approved by the Emperor on 2 June 1910. Constructing was begun on 1 May 1912 completed on 1 September 1913. The Ministry of People’s Education allocated money for building in the sum of 202,500 Rb.
In 1950s as a result of the restoring repair of the war damages of the façade were annihilated the moulding monograms of Emperor Nicholas II, busts of Athena and Apollo, moulding shells in arch bays of porticos. The attic with the inspiration “The Tsarskoye Selo Woman Gymnasium of the Ministry of People’s Education” was changed by the triangular pediment.

Authors
Semenova Galina Victorovna

Persons
Bach Alexander Romanovich

Addresses
Leontievskaya Street/Pushkin, town
Pushkinskaya Street/Pushkin, town

The subject Index
Ministry of Public Education