Slavic Greek Latin Academy

Slavic Greek Latin Academy (???????-?????-????????? ???????? in Russian) was the first higher education establishment in Moscow, Russia.

In the 18th century

Thoughout the first half of the 18th century, the Slavic Greek Latin Academy had been considered the center of Russian culture and enlightment. Its graduates turned out to be the most prepared for continuing education at the Academic University within the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences (founded in 1725), foreign universities, and teaching in general. Among those graduates were the first Russian academicians Mikhail Lomonosov and Vasily Trediakovsky, poet Antioch Kantemir, architect Vasily Bazhenov, geographer Stepan Krasheninnikov, historian Nikolai Bantysh-Kamensky.

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Russian culture - Enlightment - St Petersburg Academy of Sciences - 1725 - Academician - Mikhail Lomonosov - Vasily Trediakovsky - Antioch Kantemir - Vasily Bazhenov - Stepan Krasheninnikov - Nikolai Bantysh-Kamensky

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When Platon II was elected Metropolitan of Moscow (1775), new disciplines were introduced into the academic curriculum, such as law, ecclesiastic history, medicine, broadened selection of ancient and new European languages. Publishing activities were also revived, including popular books on Orthodox Christianity for children. In 1775, the Slavic Greek Latin Academy became the official name of the academy. It worked together with the Troitskaya theological seminary of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. In 1814, the Slavic Greek Latin Academy was transformed into the Theological Academy and relocated to the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra.

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Platon II - Metropolitan of Moscow - 1775 - Law - Ecclesiastic - Medicine - European languages - Orthodox Christianity - Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra - 1814

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