Смольный институт благородных девиц 1889 - 1917

Смольный институт благородных девиц 1889 - 1917 The Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens 1889 - 1917 Here I present an album, of photographs of the famous ladies finishing school in St. Petersburg, prior to the the Revolution. In 1917, the building was chosen by Vladimir Lenin as Bolshevik Headquarters during the October Revolution. It was his residence for several months, until the national government moved to the Moscow Kremlin. Then the Smolny became the headquarters of the local Communist Party appa
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