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| View of the Lyceum and the Court Church from Sadovaya Street Lithography by K. Schultz based on the I. Meyer’s drawing, 1850s. |
| According to the Charter of 1811, the Lyceum accepted mentors who "deserve trust in their knowledge and morality." The first teachers, despite the youth of many of them, had an excellent education, had internships abroad, had pedagogical experience, and were known for their educational activities. The first legendary Pushkin period of the Lyceum is associated with the names of A. P. Kunitsyn and I. K. Kaidanov, N. F. Koshansky, A. I. Galich and other mentors, whose names have been preserved both in the memory of their students and in the history of Russian culture. The lack of appropriate educational literature, and most importantly, the originality of the training courses, which were developed by the first teachers of the Lyceum specifically for this educational institution, determined the appearance of textbooks, many of which were destined to have a long life. Already in the first years, the teachers established a tradition of presenting their works to the Lyceum. And today many books from the Lyceum library bear the autographs of the authors - professors of the Lyceum. |
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| Lyceum. Drawing by A. Pushkin on the manuscript of the novel "Eugene Onegin". |