Dashkova E.R. (1744-1810), statesman

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DASHKOVA (nee Vorontsova) Ekaterina Romanovna (1744 - 1810 , St. Petersburg),duchess and patroness of science and education. A member of the Vorontsov family. She was a participant of the Court Revolt of 1762 and supporter of Empress Catherine II. In 1783-94, she became the director of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (managed its organisation, economic, publishing and cartography work, involving the mapping of the Russian Empire) and president of Russian Academy. She organised the compilation and publication of the Dictionary of the Russian Academy (vol. 1-6, 1789-94), which was the first concise academic dictionary of the Russian language; published journals Sobesednik Lyubiteley Russkogo Slova and Rossiisky Featr. She was the author of several literary works; the most famous of them is Proceedings (republished several times). Dashkova's summer cottage (today 45 Stachek Avenue) was one of the centres of St. Petersburg cultural life during the second half of the 18th century. Dashkova's figure is depicted at the pedestal of the monument to Catherine II.

References: Екатерина Романовна Дашкова: Исслед. и материалы. СПб., 1996; Е. Р. Дашкова и российское общество XVIII столетия. М., 2001; Тычинина Л. В. Великая россиянка: Жизнь и деятельность княгини Е. Р. Дашковой. М., 2002.

G. V. Kalashnikov. Catherine II, Empress
Dashkova Ekaterina Romanovna, Duchess
the Vorontsovs
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 45
Екатерина Романовна Дашкова: Исслед. и материалы. СПб., 1996
Тычинина Л. В. Великая россиянка: Жизнь и деятельность княгини Е. Р. Дашковой. М., 2002
Е. Р. Дашкова и российское общество XVIII столетия. М., 2001 Russian Academy of Sciences