Education & Nobility

What was the mestnichestvo?

the system of precedence which limited the Tsar’s ability to appoint nobles based on merit

When was the mestnichestvo abolished?

1682

When was the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation founded?

1701

When did the Preobrazhensky begin to run its own officer school?

1698

When was the first academy for engineers set up in Moscow?

1709

When was the last boyar “created”?

1709

What were the odnodvorsty?

single-household gentry

What happened to the odnodvorsty with the implementation of the poll tax?

reclassified as peasants

When did Peter pass his Inheritance Law?

1714

What did Peter’s Inheritance Law ban?

splitting of estates between sons

What percentage of total government expenditure was education in 1704?

0.4%

When was the School of Economics founded?

1701

When was it decreed that nobles’ sons had to receive 5 years of education abroad?

1714

How many nobles’ sons completed their education abroad?

1 in 5

When were Science/non-ecclesiastical schools established around the country?

1721

When were 40 schools established for nobles?

1722

When was the Naval Academy established?

1715