The Imperial Alexandrovsky Lyceum is a newThe name of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum given to him after moving to St. Petersburg from Tsarskoe Selo. The complex of buildings in which it was located occupies the site bounded by the Röntgen Street (the former Liceumskaya), Kamennoostrovsky Avenue and the Bolshoi Monetnaya Street. At present, the Alexandrovsky Lyceum in St. Petersburg is an architectural monument of federal significance.
In the first half of the eighteenth century, thisthe place was a large manor, then transferred to the treasury. Later, in 1768, a plot of land was given for the construction of the Ophasprivate House, the first in Russia. In 1803, the buildings were handed over to the Orphanage at the Chancery of Empress Maria. The current buildings here were erected, from 1831 until the beginning of the twentieth century, by various architects.
The main building of the Lyceum, located at the address:Kamennoostrovsky prospect, 21, was built in the years 1831-1834. according to the project of LI Charlemagne in the style of late classicism. Initially, it was intended for the Alexandrovsky orphanage (the previously existing building after the flood of 1824 had to be dismantled). On September 23, 1834, on the third floor, a house church was consecrated in honor of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the patron saint of heaven. Copper gilded cross adorned the pediment of the building, and on the arches of the temple, the master E. Balin and K. Mozhaev executed the sculpting.
When in the years 1838-1839.leveled the route of the avenue, a square was formed in front of the building. Around it in 1839, a cast-iron openwork grille was erected, designed according to the sketch of architect P. S. Plavov. According to his own projects, two wings were built here in the 1830s and a service building (behind the main building) in 1841-1843.
The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum here moved in 1843.And at the same time, under the decree of Nicholas I, he received a new name - the Imperial Alexandrovsky. Lyceum life in connection with the move has undergone numerous changes, it touched also the peculiarities of teaching. In 1848 a new Charter of the institution was adopted, which reflected changes in the appointment and maintenance of lyceum education. So, to take and let out pupils became annually, and not time in three years, as it was in Tsarskoe Selo. Also, additional departments were opened and new disciplines were introduced corresponding to the trends of that time. For example, there appeared chairs of civil architecture and agriculture. Later they were closed down, and the curricula were as close as possible to the course read at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University. However, the Lyceum program continued to be diverse and extensive, primarily due to the existence of humanitarian disciplines: psychology, literature, history ... Among other things, the ballroom dances were taught in the educational institution (the choreographer was Stukolkin Timofei Alekseevich - a famous dancer, an outstanding ballet dancer).
For the years 1858-1860.The Alexandrovsky Lyceum expanded: from the side of the square to the main building, a two-story extension was erected, on the first floor an infirmary was located, and on the second floor there was a dining room (then the assembly hall). In 1878, the fourth floor of the building was built on the project of the architect R. Ya. Ossolanus. Near the building in 1889, a bronze bust of Alexander the First by P. P. Zabello (not preserved until now) and a plaster bust of A.S. Pushkin by sculptor Zh. A. Polonskaya and architect H.K. Vasiliev were installed in the building. The 1899th was replaced with a two-meter bronze bust performed by the sculptor I. N. Schroeder and architect S. P. Konovalov (in the 1930s he was transferred to the lyceum from the garden, then transferred to the Museum of City Sculpture in 1972, later on in 1999, installed in front of the Pushkin House). In the park in 1955, the bust of VI Lenin was also opened by sculptor VB Pinchuk and architect F. Gepner.
In 1910, part of the main building suffered from a fire. In 1911 the architect IA Fomin carried out restoration works.
Alexandrovsky Lyceum for the last time releasedpupils in the spring of 1917. Then the October Revolution burst out, but as early as the spring of 1918 the classes continued episodically. By decision of the Council of People's Commissars in May 1918, the institution was closed, and its place was occupied by the Proletarian Polytechnic.
Many teachers and pupilsAlexandrovsky Lyceum, including VA Shilder, his last director, and ND Golitsyn, the last prime minister of the Russian Empire, were repressed in 1925 in connection with the fabrication of a monarchist counterrevolutionary organization fabricated by the OGPU. In accordance with the decision of the College of the OGPU of June 22, 1925, 26 people were shot.
In the main building in 1917 functionedthe district committee of the RSDLP (b), the headquarters of the Red Guard of the Petrograd side, the district council headed by the worker AK Skorokhodov (his name in 1923-1991 was the Great Monet Street). Then, before the Great Patriotic War, the school operated at school No. 181, and after the Second World War - school No. 69 named after Pushkin, even later here was located SGTU № 16. At present the building is occupied by the college "The Imperial Alexander Lyceum". Next, we will talk about it in more detail.
College "Alexandrovsky Lyceum" iseducational institution of economic orientation. He carries out the production of specialists in various fields of knowledge. Training is carried out only on the basis of general secondary education (that is, they come here to study after grade 11). The modern "Alexandrovsky Lyceum" strives to preserve the traditions of elite education to the maximum, to revive in the walls of the building the atmosphere of a sophisticated academic environment conducive to the development of creative personalities. The college trains in the following specialties: finance, commerce, operations in logistics, land and property relations, economics and accounting, insurance business, archival studies and document management support.
