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Curious Details of Bishop Tikhon's Struggle Against Seminarians Who Were Vagrants, Pranksters and Prone to the Intemperance of a Vile, Suspicious and Drunken Passion in the 1770s

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Curious Details of Bishop Tikhon's Struggle Against Seminarians Who Were Vagrants, Pranksters and Prone to the Intemperance of a Vile, Suspicious and Drunken Passion in the 1770s

For example, it was devised to select the most honest pupils as fiscals, that is, overseers and informers, who would watch which of their schoolfellows frequented the drinking shops: «Let there be appointed from among the most honest pupils fiscals, that they might watch and report faithfully to the teachers

By Alexandr Radayev
📌 This building housed the theological seminary where, in 1788, the eminent statesman and jurist Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky studied

Architecture · Faith · Observations · Heritage · Education

📌 This building housed the theological seminary where, in 1788, the eminent statesman and jurist Mikhail Mikhailovich Speransky studied

📌 Also in this building: in 1767 a prison was opened for "raving convicts". From 1829 most of its prisoners were clergy and sectarians. Among the inmates were the soothsayer monk Avel, who foretold the fate of the Romanov dynasty; the Old Believer hierarchs Arkady, Alimpy, Konon and Gennady;

By Alexandr Radayev
School uniform conforming to the new GOST, developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade together with the Ministry of Education, looks like clothing from Soviet cinema of the 1950s

Cinema · Observations · Education · Society · Pop Culture

School uniform conforming to the new GOST, developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade together with the Ministry of Education, looks like clothing from Soviet cinema of the 1950s

School uniform conforming to the new GOST, developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade together with the Ministry of Education, looks like clothing from Soviet cinema of the 1950s. Indeed, the burgundy suit with skirt and jacket prescribed for girls, complemented by a lace tie-cum-jabot, is more

By Alexandr Radayev
Michèle Laroque, I think everyone will remember this actress: at 19 she was in a car crash, and, with multiple fractures, the girl, who had loved sport and dancing, found herself bedridden for a long time

Cinema · Education · People

Michèle Laroque, I think everyone will remember this actress: at 19 she was in a car crash, and, with multiple fractures, the girl, who had loved sport and dancing, found herself bedridden for a long time

Michèle Laroque, I think everyone will remember this actress: at 19 she was in a car crash, and, with multiple fractures, the girl, who had loved sport and dancing, found herself bedridden for a long time. She was able to walk again only after two years. At that time the

By Alexandr Radayev
Saint Petersburg's Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory plans to organise tours of its renovated historic building once the repairs are complete

Coming Up · Architecture · Heritage · Education · Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg's Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory plans to organise tours of its renovated historic building once the repairs are complete

The main works are due to be finished by December, but some classes may resume as early as September. Particular attention has been paid to preserving the historic appearance of the building while equipping it with modern facilities. The acoustics of the Rubinstein Great Hall have been improved, and the

By Alexandr Radayev