Dashkova named first president of the Russian Academy
- When
- October 1783
- Where
- Saint Petersburg, seat of the newly created Russian Academy
In October 1783, Princess Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova was named first president of the newly created Russian Academy in Saint Petersburg.
The Russian Academy had been established in Saint Petersburg in 1783 by Empress Catherine II and Princess Dashkova as a research center for Russian language and literature, modeled on the Académie Française. In October 1783, Yekaterina was named the academy's first president. She already directed the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, an appointment from January 1783, and held both posts concurrently. The legacy row dating the appointment to 1 January 1784 is corrected to October 1783.
Sources
- Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-17
- Russian Academy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01
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