„Mykhailo Kotsyubinsky” Lyceum is an educational institution of the municipality. It is located in the center of Chisinau.

The building of the lyceum is of historical value: it was founded in 1864 by a pupil of the famous architect Alxandr Bernardazzi. Here in 1873-1918 there was the local superintendence of estates of foreign ecclesiastical establishments of Bessarabia, from 1918 to 1940 – the school for girls F. Nitze, from 1944 to 1952 – the Moldovan men’s school № 4, from 1952 to 1992 – the Russian secondary school № 15. The Lyceum inherited a marble staircase and ceiling molding.

The profile of the lyceum is humanitarian, the language of instruction is Russian.

Languages studied: Romanian, Ukrainian, English, French.

The lyceum cooperates with other educational institutions of the municipality and the Republic, as well as with Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian and other countries….

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Mykhailo Mykhailovych Kotsyubinsky (Mykhaylo Mykhailovych Kotsyubinskiy) – Ukrainian writer, public figure, classic of Ukrainian literature (September 17, 1864 – April 25, 1913).

Years of Kotsyubinsky’s stay in government service in Moldova and in Crimea gave vital material for his works “For the Common Good” (1895), “Ambassador of the Black Tsar” (1897), “The Witch” (1898), “In the bonds of Shaitan” (1899), “At a dear price” (1901), “On the Stone” (1902), “Into the Sinful World”, “Under the Minarets” (1904). One of the evidences that Kotsyubinsky’s works of the Moldavian-Crimean cycle went beyond local problems is that his story “For the Common Good” was printed in Russian translation in the magazine “Life” (1899, book 12).

Kotsyubinsky’s work still serves as an artistic example for more than one generation of Ukrainian writers.

His works have been translated into Russian, Polish, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Norwegian languages.

Based on the works of the writer, the movies “Bloody Dawn” (1957), “Horses are not to blame” (1957), “At a high price” (1958), “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” (1965), “Birthday Present” (1991) were created.