Tabunovskaya school

The first Russian school operated since 1827 at the Helsingfors Orthodox Parish. In 1861, Deacon Golubkov donated for her his small apartment in a parish house on Elizavetinskaya Street . Parishioners raised funds for its maintenance, the merchant Nikifor Tabunov contributed 3 thousand rubles. V.A. Shklyavin and I.P. Vlasov, who replaced him later, were engaged with the boys, and with girls M.I. Grachev. Teachers were assigned a small fee (for 3 years each received 321 rubles). Deacon Golubkov taught the Law of God for free.

In 1863, according to the design of the architect , a merchant Nikifor Tabunov (1803-1868) built a separate building. In 1864, Nikifor Tabunov and his wife Tatyana drew up a donation in favor of the Russian school.

On November 12, 1864, the first Russian school was opened in the presence of Governor General P.I. Rokasovsky . That year, 49 boys and 24 girls enrolled in school. The first teacher was the Master of Philosophy I.P. Vlasov and the first teacher - M.I. Gracheva, who a year later was replaced by N.A. Kudryakova, who had served in the school for 40 years. The school was called the Helsingfors Elementary School named after the infantry general N. M. Kamensky , and since 1917 it was called the Tabunovsky School .

Inside the building there was a large meeting room for students and a dining room. High school students studied on the third floor, the younger on the first. There were specialized classes: Russian language and Russian literature, classical languages, geography, natural sciences, and mathematics. On the third floor there was a house temple where the Law of God was taught. One of the large icons “Blessing of Children” (1870), after the school was closed, was moved to the Assumption Cathedral in the city ​​of Helsinki.

Due to the fact that there were representatives of different faiths among the students, the teaching program included different religions: the rector of the Assumption Parish Archpriest Nikolai Vasilievich Popov taught the Orthodox faith, Professor I. Colliander ( Alexander University ) taught the Lutheran religion, the Catholic faith is a graduate of the Catholic spiritual Academy M.I. Ruchinsky.

In the academic year 1912/1913, 273 students studied at the school, and in 1914 already more than a thousand ^[1] .

Since 1927, the Finnish private lyceum “Jyllan” has been located in the school building, which was also popular among the Russian-speaking population of Helsinki due to its location in the historic building of the Tabunovsky school.

In 1958, the historic building was destroyed, and in its place structures were erected according to the project of the Finnish architect .