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Antonina Scriabina

Soviet teacher and public figure (1894–1977)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ4422637 ↗
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Antonina Vladimirovna Scriabina (Russian: Антонина Владимировна Скрябина; 1 March [O.S. 17 February] 1894 – 15 April 1977) was a Soviet teacher and public figure. Honored School Teacher of the RSFSR (1940).

Early life and education

Antonina Scriabina’s father came from the Galich-Arzamas branch of the ancient noble family of the Scriabins. Her mother was from the Ryazantsev family, nobles and hereditary honorary citizens of Russia. Scriabina graduated from the 8th grade of the Orel Women's Gymnasium. From 1913, she studied at the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow Commercial Institute.

During the World War I, Scriabina was a nurse at the front. Then she served as an instructor in the agricultural food census of the Moscow City Statistical Department. At the same time, Scriabina continued to study at the Moscow Commercial Institute, graduating in 1917.

Career

Responding to the call of Nadezhda Krupskaya to the progressive Russian intelligentsia on March 4, 1918, Scriabina began to work as a teacher at the 4th Yauza Men's City School.

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“Antonina Scriabina” enters the record as soviet teacher and public figure (1894–1977). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Antonina, Scriabina and Soviet can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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