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Het onderwijs voor vrouwen in Rusland voor de oktober revolutie van 1917

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Abstract

The education of women in Russia. - In Tsarist Russia woman found the only possibility for emancipation in instruction. And this because she never had any civil or political rights. The Russian woman was on the contrary a prisoner of Byzantine rules and laws. Besides that, she lived till 1861 in a country whereas a result of servage, people were for 95 % illiterate. In the 18th century Catherine the Great opened the so-called institutes, where for the first time Russian girls received a secondary education. But these schools were exclusively open to the aristocracy. Only in 1858 girls from all social classes could receive secondary education. About that time Russian woman appeared at first at the university. But the government forbade in 1863 the higher education for women. Consequently many students went abroad, where they finished their study. Russian woman preferred the study of medicine. In 1867 the Russian student, Nadezjda Soeslova, became the first woman physician in Europe. Higher education for women was again made possible in Russia during the years 1870. Thanks to this, Russian woman became a pioneer in Europe in the field of education.

How to Cite:

De Maegd-Soep, C., (1971) “Het onderwijs voor vrouwen in Rusland voor de oktober revolutie van 1917”, Tijdschrift voor Sociale Wetenschappen 16(3), 308–318. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tvsw.95892