On September 18th, Dr. Nancy Kovaleff-Baker presented “Elite Education in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: The Imperial Educational Society of Noble Maidens" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. In this presentation, Dr. Baker outlined different eras of and experiences within The [...]
Elite Education in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: The Imperial Educational Society of Noble Maidens An online lecture by Dr. Nancy Kovaleff Baker The Imperial Educational Society of Noble Maidens, or the Smolny Institute, was founded by Catherine the Great as the first state educational institution for women [...]
On Saturday, August 14th Professor Brian J. Boeck presented "From Border Guards to Body Guards: The Cossacks in Imperial Russia" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. Throughout the event, Brian Boeck discussed Cossacks as a population [...]
From Border Guards to Body Guards: The Cossacks in Imperial Russia An online lecture by Professor Brian J. Boeck This lecture traces the rise and fall of the Cossacks as a population dedicated to the service of the Russian empire. Starting with their frontier origins [...]
Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy An online lecture by Douglas Smith The last great untold story of the Russian Revolution. Join author and historian Douglas Smith for this month's Second Saturday lecture, framed around his acclaimed book Former People. Building on Smith's [...]
On April 10th, Deputy Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art at Royal Collection Trust Caroline de Guitaut presented "Fabergé: From the Romanovs to Royalty. Assembling the British Royal Collection of a Russian Master Goldsmith." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's [...]
On March 13th, University at Albany (SUNY) professor Nadieszda Kizenko presented "The Experience of Confession in Imperial Russia." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. Using objects from the Russian History Museum's collection, this talk looked [...]
The Experience of Confession in Imperial Russia An online lecture by Dr. Nadieszda Kizenko For some people, the Russian Orthodox rite of confession is a lived experience. For others, it is something glimpsed mostly through such literary works as Anna Karenina, Brothers Karamazov, and War [...]
