Yelizaveta Agapova
Yelizaveta Agapova (26th of November/8th of December 1893, Pskov, Russian Empire – 10th of August 1980, Riga, Latvian SSR) – a teacher, a principal of Riga Private Practical Gymnasium (1933/1934). After the Second World War was the teacher of literature at Riga 10th Secondary School.
Elizaveta Agapova was born in Pskov. Her father, Alexey Agapov, descended from a family of Pskov merchants and was a graduate of St. Petersburg University. Her mother, Maria (née Vasileva, 1865–1934), was the daughter of Ivan Vasilev, a well-known local historian.
Maria graduated from the Mariinsky Gymnasium in Pskov, and in 1887 completed the mathematics department of the Higher Women's Courses in St. Petersburg — an extraordinary achievement for a woman at the time. She began her teaching career that same year but, due to the birth of her daughters and her father's illness, was only able to return to active teaching in 1903. She obtained a license to open a private educational institution, which was granted the status of a progymnasium three years later and, in 1907, became a private girls’ gymnasium. Her husband was also a respected figure in the city. During the revolution of 1905, A.A. Agapov became mayor of Pskov and served in this role until the summer of 1917.
In 1911, Elizaveta Agapova completed the 8th pedagogical class and from 1912 to 1917 studied eight semesters at the Bestuzhev Higher Women's Courses in St. Petersburg at the Faculty of History and Philology. She completed all coursework and passed her exams, except for four. The revolution deprived her of the opportunity to finish her studies and receive a higher education diploma.
From September 1, 1917 to November 1, 1918, Agapova taught at her mother’s gymnasium in Pskov. However, the revolution forced the Agapov family to seek refuge in Latvia.
According to her teaching records, from late 1918 to 1927, E.A. Agapova had been teaching Russian at the P. Dzenis Real Gymnasium. From 1919 to 1921, she had been working at the N. Vinzarais-Vershkansky Gymnasium; from 1922 to 1925 at O.E. Beater's Gymnasium; from 1923 to 1924 at L.I. Tailova’s Gymnasium; and from 1923 to 1925 at E. Likhtarovich’s Gymnasium.
From 1925 to 1933, Agapova had been teaching Russian at the Riga Polish Gymnasium.
In the 1933/34 academic year, she served as principal of the Riga Private Practical Gymnasium, established on the basis of the now-defunct private gymnasiums of L.I. Tailova and O.E. Beater. However, on September 11, 1935, Agapova and 11 other employees were dismissed due to the closure of the gymnasium.
That same year, the Latvian Ministry of Education's Certification Commission recognized Agapova as a fully qualified secondary school teacher with the right to teach Russian.
In the postwar years, Agapova taught literature at Riga Secondary School No. 10 (1 Lenchu Street).
Elizaveta Agapova died in Riga on August 10, 1980.
By Tatyana Feigmane
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