Russian woman. Education, education, fate. XVIII - beginning of the XX century

Based on a wide range of sources - official documents, memoirs, diaries, correspondence - the book of Varvara Ponomareva and Lyubov Khoroshilova tells about the evolution of female education and education in Russia for one and a half centuries - from the decree of Catherine II in 1764 on the establishment of the Smolny Institute of noble girls before the revolution 1917. Considering on unique material, through the prism of specific female stories, the transition from a traditional society to a "new" culture, the authors along the way report a lot of details about the family life of the described era, about the internal structure and curriculum of women"s institutions, gymnasiums and courses, about governesses and home teachers And about much more.
Varvara Ponomareva and Lyubov Khoroshilova - candidates of historical sciences, researchers of the laboratory of culture of the History Faculty of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. Their first book in the publishing house "Lomonosov" is the world of a Russian woman: family, profession, home way. XVIII - beginning of the XX century " - came out in 2016