Alexandra Nikolaevna Strekalowa

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Alexandra Nikolaevna Strekalowa

Alexandra Nikolaevna Strekalowa born, Alexandra Nikolaevna Kassatkina-Rostovskaya , ( Russian Александра Николаевна Стрекалова , maiden name Russian Касаткина-Ростовская * 1821 in Moscow † January 13, jul. / 26. January  1904 greg. Ibid) was a Russian benefactress .

Life

Alexandra Nikolajewna was the only daughter of the Smolensk landowner Prince Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Kassatkin (1778–1841) and his wife Natalja Petrovna, daughter of the rich Moscow tax farmer Pyotr Timofejewitsch Borodin. At the age of 17 she married Stepan Stepanowitsch Strekalow (1813-1893), son of the Kazan governor Stepan Stepanowitsch Strekalow . They had a son Stepan (1846–1875) and many daughters, of whom Natalja (1839–1866) married the Moscow governor Andrei Alexandrowitsch Lieven .

Strekalowa lived with her husband for a long time in Italy , Switzerland and Paris . As a friend of Nadezhda Ivanovna Naryschkina , she frequented Naryschkina's Paris salon with politicians , writers , scientists and artists .

After her return to Russia , Strekalova, like many women of higher class, devoted herself to charity . In 1861 she founded the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Books. Together with the professor of Moscow University Mikhail Nikolajewitsch Kapustin she organized a publishing house for the publication of inexpensive books to promote general education. She published an illustrated weekly magazine. With their participation, the General Reading Commission was set up. As a member of the Moscow Department of the Imperial Philanthropic Society, in 1863 she decided to create a new charity to support working women, called the Society for the Promotion of the Enjoyment of Work. Initially, the goal was to provide women with finished products for work in the home in the company's business. Sewing workshops were later set up, as well as cutting and sewing schools. In 1864 she initiated a movement to educate young offenders.

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 , Strekalowa set up a home for the children of fallen soldiers. She also participated in the establishment of the Alexander Heimstätte and the Alexei Heim in Vsechswatskoje (now part of Moscow), where she carried out collections for old and disabled soldiers.

In 1893, Strekalova founded the Moscow Anthill Charity to help needy women by creating jobs. A sewing workshop was founded, the curator of which was Nadezhda Petrovna Lamanova . Shortly before her death, she founded the Society for Educational Homes.

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich with his wife and Metropolitan Parfeni took part in Strekalova's funeral service . Strekalowa was buried in the Alexander Homestead cemetery in Vsechswatskoye.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ С. П. Жихарев: Записки современника. Дневник студента . Издательство Академии Наук СССР, Moscow, Leningrad 1955 ( lib.ru [accessed May 10, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Стрекаловы-Тульские дворяне (accessed May 10, 2018).
  3. ↑ Воскресные разсказы (accessed May 10, 2018).
  4. ↑ Рукавишниковы Василий, Николай, Константин (accessed May 10, 2018).
  5. ↑ ВСЕХСВЯТСКОЕ. Памяти погибших в I Мировой войне (accessed May 10, 2018).
  6. ↑ Каменный храм Александра Невского (accessed May 10, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Strekalowa, Alexandra Nikolajewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kassatkina-Rostowskaja, Alexandra Nikolajewna (maiden name); Стрекалова, Александра Николаевна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian benefactress
DATE OF BIRTH 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1904
Place of death Moscow