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Subscribe to the Dostoevsky Lecture Channel: / @dostoverno_ru *** Throughout the 19th century, Russian empresses remained, as it were, "in the shadow" of their autocratic husbands. But each of them left a noticeable mark on our history. How did Russian tsars choose their wives? Who came up with the idea of endowment funds, founded the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens and reduced the mortality rate in orphanages? Who founded the first midwifery institute and the first maternity hospital? Who became the "genius of pure beauty" for the noble youth? To whom do we owe the foundation of schools for orphans and women's patriotic societies? What secret connects the afterlife of the imperial couple - Alexander I and Elizabeth? The first part of Vladimir Medinsky's lectures on empresses will answer these and other questions. *** You can ask questions through the author's Telegram channel: https://t.me/vr_medinskiy Wait for the answers on air on Sputnik radio Time codes: 00:07 • Empresses in the history of Russia 04:16 • "Female factor of influence" - through husbands and children 11:36 • Long and unusual for the Russian ear European names 14:40 • Russian traditions of choosing royal brides 24:46 • Empress Maria Feodorovna. Wife of Paul I 28:13 • Charity, orphanages and women's education 40:35 • Nursing homes for widows of officers and special schools for children "with special needs" 41:26 • Obstetrics institute and the first maternity hospital in Russia 42:55 • What did the Fourth Section of His Imperial Majesty's Chancellery do? 45:35 • Elizaveta Alekseyevna, "The Genius of Pure Beauty." Wife of Alexander I 51:14 • Relationship with her husband and death 55:17 • Memory of Elizaveta Alekseyevna and Maria Feodorovna 01:00:25 • Silent Vera and the Legend of Elizabeth YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Empresses – Part 2 Course by Vladimir Medinsky • Episode 45. Empresses (Part 2) Paul I: Russian Hamlet Course by Vladimir Medinsky 18th Century • Episode 36. Paul I: Russian Hamlet Alexander I the Blessed (1777-1825) Course by Vladimir Medinsky XIX century • Alexander I the Blessed (1777-1825... ???? Our website: https://dostoverno.ru/ ???? VK: https://vk.com/lectorydostoevsky ???? OK: https://ok.ru/dostoevsky.lectory ???? Telegram: https://t.me/dostoevsky_fm_dostoverno ???? Yandex.Zen: https://zen.yandex.ru/lectorydostoevsky ???? Rutube: https://rutube.ru/channel/23630029/ #empresses #history #LectureHallDostoevsky #Dostoevsky #ChannelDostoevsky #lectures #medinsky