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The gymnasium in Rostov was founded in 1907. It bears the name of its founder, merchant Alexei Leontievich Kekin, who was an honorary citizen of the city. In Soviet times, this was somewhat forgotten, but today the gymnasium again received the name of the famous philanthropist - this is evidenced by the gilded inscription adorning the facade of the building.
Personal life of A. L. Kekin developed quite tragically: his second son, Fedor, died in infancy, and soon after that the wife of Alexei Leontievich died. In 1885, on the way to university, at the age of twenty, Kekin's son, Maximilian, suddenly died. After his death, A. L. Kekin left no direct heirs. Less than a month after the death of Maximilian, Kekin decides to draw up a will, according to which he transferred all his immovable and movable property to the city. One of the points of the will is to establish a gymnasium in Rostov and, if possible, a university.
To develop the project of the Rostov gymnasium in the Moscow Architectural Society announced a competition. The winner of the competition was a Moscow artist and architect, Pavel Alekseevich Trubnikov. On June 22, 1908, the ceremonial foundation of the gymnasium took place. After the prayer service was served, a copper plaque with an engraved commemorative inscription about this day was laid in the foundation of the building. The building of the gymnasium was built in 1910.
The building of the gymnasium turned out to be truly magnificent: both outside and inside. The spacious building is made in the neoclassical style and looks impressive in Moscow: its front facade is decorated with massive columns and statues in niches. The building of the gymnasium is elongated and has three floors. One wing is connected to the main building by a gallery. In the southern part of the gymnasium, most likely, there was a house church. The building is surrounded by a fence with massive gates.
In the gymnasium there are spacious classrooms, in a small tower there is an educational observatory. The prim facade of the main academic building is softened by the calm architectural forms of the neighboring building, which was originally intended for the headmaster of the gymnasium and its teachers.
The first two gymnasium classes were opened in September 1907, since the gymnasium building had not yet been built, they were housed in the house of OM Malgina. on Zarovskaya street. When the construction was completed, a male classical eight-grade gymnasium was housed in the building of the gymnasium. The set of academic subjects differed from the modern one by the presence of such disciplines as the Law of God, logic, and Latin. Arithmetic, geometry, algebra were not separated into separate subjects, they were combined under the name of mathematics. At that time, tuition was paid. The payment was 50 rubles a year, for Rostovites 20 rubles of this amount was paid by the city. On the recommendation of the director, the indigent were exempted from payment.
The first director of the Rostov gymnasium was Sergei Pavlovich Moravsky, a graduate of Moscow University, teacher and historian, his name today is the street on which the gymnasium is located. Like the architect, the headmaster of the gymnasium was selected on a competitive basis.
The flourishing of the gymnasium's activities is associated with the name of Moravsky: Sergei Pavlovich paid great attention to the selection of personnel for the gymnasium, a rational schedule of classes, which contributed to the fact that the students did not overwork and assimilate the material as fully as possible. Even on weekends, the gymnasium did not close - various circles operated in it, and self-education and creativity were encouraged in every possible way. The "Society for the Aid to the former pupils of the Rostov gymnasium" was founded, which provided support to the graduates of the gymnasium in the first steps of their independent life. The Rostov gymnasium was a public institution for students of all religions and classes.
After the revolution, the gymnasium was transformed into a unified labor school of the second level No. 2; S. P. Moravian. Nowadays, the school has again returned to the status of a gymnasium, it is considered the best educational institution in Rostov.
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Vladimir Karpovsky 2017-23-05
From book to book, from article to article, from site to site wanders the myth of "the glorious merchant Kekin and his millions", on which, supposedly, a really beautiful gymnasium building in the city of Rostov the Great was built ….
In fact, this really beautiful gymnasium building was built for a targeted interest-free
Show all text From book to book, from article to article, from site to site, the myth about "the glorious merchant Kekin and his millions" is wandering, on which, supposedly, a really beautiful gymnasium building in the city of Rostov the Great was built ….
In fact, this really beautiful gymnasium building was built on a targeted interest-free loan from the Treasury (the State Bank of the Russian Empire), which, by the way, the city of Rostov the Great never returned to the Bank….
There were no millions of merchant Alexei Leontievich Kekin! He did not bequeath, let alone after his death, the city of Rostov the Great, neither millions, nor movable, nor immovable property! Only the good wishes and obligation of the city of Rostov the Great to pay the bequeathed amounts to the numerous relatives of the testator.
Go to the Rostov branch of the State Autonomous Okrug, read the case with Kekin's will and the long-suffering history of the entry of the city of Rostov the Great into the inheritance of the merchant Kekin - and you will not write more fairy tales and myths.
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