Yelizaveta Palmenbach
Yelizaveta Palmenbach
Yelizaveta Palmenbach (1761–1832) was an Imperial Russian pedagogue, the principal of the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg from 1797–1802.
She was the daughter of Baron Aleksandr Ivanovich Cherkasov and Hedvig Elizabeth von Biron (1727–1797), sister of Peter von Biron. She educated at the Smolny Institute, where she graduated in 1779, and was a lady-in-waiting prior to her marriage to Yevstafi Palmenbach. She was also the governess of the Grand Duchesses.
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| Preceded by Sophie Lafont |
Principal of the Smolny Institute 1797–1802 |
Succeeded by Julia Adlerberg |
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