Imperial School of Jurisprudence

[[Image:Uchilische pravovedenia.jpg|thumb|Modern view of the school building.]] [[Image:Zal zaryanko.jpg|thumb|''Hall of the School of Jursiprudence'', a 1840 painting by Sergey Zaryanko.]] The '''Imperial School of Jurisprudence''' (Russian: Императорское училище правоведения) was, along with the [[Page Corps]], the most prestigious school for noble boys in [[Saint Petersburg]], the capital of the [[Russian Empire]]. The school for would-be imperial administrators was founded by [[Duke Peter of Oldenburg]] in 1835. The classes were accommodated in six buildings along the [[Fontanka]] Quay. The premises were extensively renovated in 1893-95 and 1909-10, when the main building acquired its distinctive cupola. After the [[October Revolution]] of 1917, the school was disbanded, but its memory survives in the [[nursery rhyme]] about [[Chizhik-Pyzhik]]. Among the instructors were the leading lawyers of Imperial Russia, such as [[Anatoly Koni]] and [[Włodzimierz Spasowicz]]. Boys studied in the school for six or seven years. The graduates of the School of Jurisprudence include [[Ivan Aksakov]], [[Aleksey Apukhtin]], [[Konstantin Pobedonostsev]], [[Vladimir Stasov]], [[Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov]], [[Konstantin Konstantinovich Pahlen]], [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] and his younger brother [[Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]. == External links == [http://www.law.spb.ru/history.htm History and illustrations on the website of the Saint Petersburg Law Institute] {{coord missing|Saint Petersburg}}