• The students of the Kyiv gymnasium during the excursion 2

The students of the Kyiv gymnasium during the excursion

Images

ID:
5111
Place
Kyiv
Date:
1875-1900
Technique:
Photograph (printed on paper)
Size of the resource:
Unknown
Creator
Unknown
Collection
H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Cinema, Photo and Phono Archive of Ukraine
Copyright
Central State Kinofotofono Archive after G.S. Pshenychny
Publisher
Unpublished resources
Description

In the late nineteenth century excursions became an integral part of the educational process. Students of prestigious gimnasiums used to make both short and long trips following routes which included the biggest cities of the Empire – St. Petersburg, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don, Tbilisi, Tallinn, Riga, Poltava, Kyiv etc. The cost of these excursions was included in the cost of education services; the students travelled in separate transport vehicles (e.g., train carriages or steamers) accompanied by a medical assistant, a servant or a tour guide. Students of district schools made shorter trips, often at their own expense and under supervision of school teachers only.

Kyiv, as the cradle of the Orthodoxy and “the mother of Russian towns”, became one of the first and most popular tourist destinations, tours including visiting both sacred places and technical institutions or museums. Local newspapers used to inform about arrival of excursions to the city and departure of Kyiv students for a trip, often describing also their excursion programs. On the photo we can see the students of the first men’s gymnasium departing for a ship trip to the north of Kyiv. The Russian Empire’s tricolour flag streams on the Maria steamer. In the depth of the picture one can see the monuments to the Magdeburg Rights and St. Volodymyr, the water tower and the Catholic church (on the horizon line), the housing of Oleksandrivsky (now Volodymyrsky) Uzviz. The photo was taken from the Trukhaniv island.

Tags:
excursion, students, river, boat
Category:
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