Russian Academy
The Russian Academy or Imperial Russian Academy was established in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1783 by Empress Catherine II of Russia and princess Dashkova as a research center for Russian language and Russian literature, following the example of the Académie Française. In 1841 it was merged into the Imperial Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Presidents
- 1783–1796 – Yekaterina Dashkova
- 1796–1801 – Pavel Bakunin
- 1801–1813 – Andrey Andreyevich Nartov
- 1813–1841 – Aleksandr Shishkov