Smolny

I attend school at the Smolny Cathedral Complex. Smolny is a very historical place.

It was a school for training young girls by Catherine the Great. Once an aristocratic girl entered the school at a very young age of maybe 8 or 12, she was not allowed to leave the school or see her family until she turned 18 years old.

Later Lenin held assembly meetings and Kirov was murdered there.

And now I am sitting learning Russian in the very same halls!