Lyceum

:This article is about lyceum as school or as public hall; when capitalized, Lyceum can also be short for Lyceum Theatre.

Lyceums of the Russian Empire

In imperial Russia, a Lyceum was one of the following high educational facilities: Demidov Lyceum of Law in Yaroslavl (1801), Alexander Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo (1810), and Imperial Katkov Lyceum in Moscow (1867).

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Russia - Demidov Lyceum - Yaroslavl - Tsarskoe Selo - Katkov - Moscow

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The Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum was opened on October 19, 1811 in the Neoclassical building designed by Vasily Stasov and situated next to the Catherine Palace. The first graduates were all brilliant and included Alexander Pushkin and Alexander Gorchakov. The opening date was celebrated each year with carousals and revels, and Pushkin composed new verses for each of those occasions. In January 1844 the Lyceum was moved to St Petersburg.

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October 19 - 1811 - Neoclassical - Vasily Stasov - Catherine Palace - Alexander Pushkin - Alexander Gorchakov - 1844 - St Petersburg

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During 33 years of the Tsarskoselsky Lyceum's existence, there were 286 graduates. The most famous of these were Anton Delwig, Wilhelm Kuchelbecker, Nicholas de Giers, Dmitriy Tolstoy, Jacob Grot, Nikolay Danilevsky, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin.

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Anton Delwig - Wilhelm Kuchelbecker - Nicholas de Giers - Dmitriy Tolstoy - Jacob Grot - Nikolay Danilevsky - Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin

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