An exhibition dedicated to the 215th anniversary of the Imperial Tsarkoye Selo Lyceum opened at the Tsarsky cultural and educational centertranslated
The library exhibition “...Long live the Lyceum!” has opened at the Tsarsky cultural and educational center. to the 215th anniversary of the Imperial Tsarkoye Selo Lyceum.
The Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum is a privileged higher educational institution for children of nobles in the Russian Empire, operating in Tsarskoe Selo from 1811 to 1843. In Russian history, the Lyceum is known, first of all, as the school that educated A.S. Pushkin and was sung by him.
October 19, 2026 marked 215 years since the creation of the Imperial Alexander Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum.
The exhibition presents book editions from the Pushkin collection of German Ivanovich Shchekutov (May 19, 1930 - November 19, 2004), dedicated to the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, its students and, above all, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, as the most famous student of the Lyceum.
Visitors to the exhibition can see the Almanac “Northern Flowers” of 1827, published by Lyceum graduate and friend of Pushkin Anton Delvig, which included “Tatiana’s Letter” by A.S. Pushkin; see the handwriting of Pushkin the lyceum student; books by Boris Lvovich Modzalevsky (1874–1928) - the creator of the Pushkin House in Moscow (now the Institute of Russian Literature, IRL RAS); book autographed by Sergei...
