Shanyavsky Moscow City People’s University

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Shanyavsky Moscow City People’s University was an early 20th-century progressive higher education institution in Moscow known for its liberal, accessible approach to learning and its role in Russia’s pre-revolutionary intellectual life.

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instanceOf educational institution in Moscow
higher education institution
university
academicDiscipline economics
history
humanities
law
natural sciences
philology
philosophy
social sciences
accessPolicy no formal entrance examinations for many courses
open lectures
open to women
open to working-class students
city Moscow
closureReason reorganization of higher education after the 1917 Russian Revolution
country Russian Empire
dissolved 1918
educationalInnovation courses by leading Russian scholars
flexible curriculum
non-degree public lecture system
educationalPhilosophy accessible higher education
liberal
progressive
era early 20th century
founder Alfons Shanyavsky NERFINISHED
Lidia Shanyavskaya NERFINISHED
fundingSource municipal support of Moscow City Duma
private donation
heritage precursor of later forms of open and people’s universities in Russia
inception 1908
languageOfInstruction Russian
locatedIn Moscow
Russia
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
location Moscow
namedAfter Alfons Shanyavsky NERFINISHED
notableFeature important role in spreading modern social and political thought in Moscow
independence from the Imperial Ministry of Education
relatively free academic atmosphere
politicalContext late Russian Empire
pre-revolutionary Russia
roleInSociety center of pre-revolutionary Russian intellectual life
platform for liberal and democratic ideas
venue for public lectures and debates
status defunct

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Sergei Yesenin educatedAt Shanyavsky Moscow City People’s University