Very Rare Antique 1916-17 Imperial Russian Student Diary Kiev Gymnasium + Map

A remarkable piece of history - a personal student diary/planner???????? Published by the Otto Kirchner Publishing House, Petrograd, cleared by wartime military censorship on February 2, 1916. This was the 33rd annual edition of this popular pre-revolutionary Russian student almanac. This copy belonged to a student ("??????????? ") of the 7th Kiev Gymnasium, 6th grade, whose name and Kiev address B.

Are handwritten on the flyleaf, along with personal details - birth record, height, chest measurement, character self-assessment ("excellent"), and favorite hero of Russian history (Peter the Great). " (Map of European Russia), scale 1:16,800,000, published by Kulchitsky, Petrograd.

Handwritten class schedule Latin, French, German, English, Algebra, Geometry, Physics, History, Scripture Law, etc. Essay topic log with handwritten grades. Romanov dynasty genealogy chart with period annotations.

Printed advertisement page (eraser ad with rabbit illustration). Many blank reference sections correspondence log, library catalog, excursion schedule, etc. Antique, well over 100 years old - expected wear: cloth cover worn at corners and spine, foxing and toning to pages, a few small tears/separations at the map fold and title page, sewing/binding visible but holding. A rare, tangible survival from the last school year of Imperial Russia before the collapse of the monarchy - a genuine primary-source artifact touched by a real student living through 1917.

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