I went to Tsarskoe Selo on one of the days of golden autumn. Tsarskoe Selo is a suburb of St. Petersburg, it's imperial palaces and parks, and a small town near parks. Tsarskoye Selo became a country residence of Russian emperors in the 18th century.
The weather was overcast on this autumn day, sometimes it started raining, and I decided to visit one of the museums. My choice was the museum of the Imperial Lyceum. I took many photos during my visit to the museum, and my story about this visit turned out to be very long. So I decided to break it into two parts.
Main class room
The Imperial Lyceum is the name of the educational institution founded in Tsarskoye Selo in 1811. The Lyceum was a privileged institution of higher education for children of nobility in the Russian Empire. The most famous graduate of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum is the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Alexander Pushkin many times addressed in his work to the theme of the Lyceum. The poem "October 19" is dedicated to the anniversary of the Lyceum, this poem is often asked to teach schoolchildren as a homework assignment. I think you can stop any person in the street and he will remember at least a few lines from this poem.
Main class room. Folding board, writing instrument box, inkpot
The Imperial Lyceum was located in the building of the palace wing of the Catherine Palace. The Memorial Museum is located in this building now. The museum recreates the environment in which lyceum students lived and studied at the time when Alexander Pushkin studied here.
Classroom for homework
On the first floor there are now a tour desk, dressing rooms for visitors and other office space. I left my jacket in the closet and went up the wide stairs to the second floor. On the second floor there were classrooms, a library, and an assembly hall. On the third floor there were bedrooms of pupils and a teacher's apartment. Archive drawings were used for restoration of the premises, and the modern environment is as close to the historical one as possible.
Lyceum Library and old books
Children entered the Lyceum at the age of 10-12 years. The training lasted for 6 years. The training program combined humanities and exact sciences. Much attention was paid to studying languages: Russian, French, Latin and German. But the main thing that the students of the Lyceum studied was the belief that they should live and work "for universal benefit".
Physics classroom
After examining the classrooms on the second floor of the Lyceum, I went up to the third floor. Pupils' bedrooms and a teacher's apartment are located on the third floor.
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| Smartphone | Xiaomi Redmi 3 |
| Location | Tsarskoe Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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