On October 11, 1783, the Imperial Russian Academy was founded.
It was a free association of scholars and writers, funded by the government.
Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (pictured above) was appointed as the academy's president.
Unlike the Academy of Sciences, which focused on the exact sciences, the main objectives of this academic center were the study of Russian grammar and the creation of explanatory and specialized dictionaries.
The academy's most significant achievement during its more than 50-year history was the publication of the "Dictionary of the Russian Academy" in 1794.
In 1841, the academy was reorganized into the Second Department of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, later becoming the Department of Russian Language and Literature.
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On October 11, 1783, the Imperial Russian Academy was founded.
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