THE ACTIVITIES OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL SOCIETIES LIKE TH SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS IN ST. PETERBURG – PETROGRAD ON THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Borisova-Lebedeva Margarita Yurievna

The article introduces the reader one of the pages in the history of cultural and educational institutions in Russia. At the end of the XIX c. – the beginning of the XX c. there was a wave for the formation of such communities. The author analyzed the special literature and archival sources on their history. As a result, some characteristic features in the activities of various Societies were identified.

Keywords:Russian Empire; Society of Fine Arts; intelligentsia; cultural and educational organizations; pre-revolutionary period