From St. Petersburg to Dorpat and back: on academic migrations and communications between universities in the first half of the XIX century

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From St. Petersburg to Dorpat and back: on academic migrations and communications between universities in the first half of the XIX century. / Kazakova, Ksenia; Zhukovskaya, Tatyana.

в: Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum., Том 6, № 2, 2018, стр. 161-170.

Результаты исследований: Научные публикации в периодических изданиях › статья › Рецензирование

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title = "From St. Petersburg to Dorpat and back: on academic migrations and communications between universities in the first half of the XIX century",

keywords = "Петербургский университет, Дерптский университет, академические контакты, студенческие миграции",

author = "Ksenia Kazakova and Tatyana Zhukovskaya",

note = "Scientific contacts between the universities of the Russian empire at the initial stage of their existence are still insufficiently studied. The scale, motivation, official registration and results of academic migrations have been considered only locally or concerned some persons or universities. The purpose of our research is to get a full presentation of academic migrations between the University at Dorpat and the University of St. Petersburg, including the time of existence of the Pedagogical Institute in St. Petersburg (1804-1819) because the latter has been built into the system of educational districts and university relations. Our observations are based on the documents of funds of Central state historical archive of St.-Petersburg and Russian state historical archive. The materials of the university record-keeping are enriched by the memoirs and correspondence of the university students. The history of university interaction in the Russian empire is not less interesting than the study of the European university culture transfer to Russia. In this sense, the University at Dorpat was a cultural mediator between the universities of Europe and Russia. At the same time, it was included, till 1837, into the educational districts system of the Russian empire, making it possible for the graduates to move from {"}internal{"} universities to Dorpat. The graduates occupied the vacancies of teachers of Russian language and Russian Law at the University, as well as in grammar schools attached to the Dorpat educational district. A lot of Dorpat graduates have made a scientific career at the St. Petersburg University (P. Preis, E. Lentz). The migrations of the students, the natives of Great-Russian provinces, to Dorpat was usually determined by the change of specialization in favour of medicine. Based on the archival documents, it is possible to restore some individual academic trajectories. As a rule, these were paying students, belonging to the gentry, keen on natural sciences or expected to enter the civil service. Attractive traditionally was the Russian literature department at Dorpat University. In the 1820s, the number of Russian students at Dorpat University accounted for 5-7 %, with it being increased in the next decade.",

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