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Catherine II endorses Betskoy's Foundling Home plan
- When
- 1 September 1763
- Where
- Moscow, Russian Empire
Catherine II formally endorsed Ivan Betskoy's proposal for a state-run orphanage in Moscow on September 1, 1763.
The educator Ivan Betskoy proposed the idea of a state-run orphanage in Moscow, an outgrowth of the Russian Enlightenment, and Catherine II of Russia endorsed it on September 1, 1763. The Foundling Home was an ambitious project that Catherine the Great and Betskoy had conceived together in the early 1760s. The endorsement confirmed the plan during the first year of Catherine's reign, which had begun in July 1762.
Sources
- Moscow Orphanage Wikipedia, revision of 2025-11-17
- Catherine the Great Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
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