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Women were forbidden to attend university in Russia under an 1863 statute, although previously they had been allowed to audit lectures.[13] Gradually, private women's institutions offered higher education opportunities after 1869, the year that the Alarchinsky Courses [ru] began in Saint Petersburg and the Lubyanka Women's Courses [ru] opened in Moscow.[13][14] In 1872, the Medical-Surgical Academy [ru] opened in Saint Petersburg, teaching medical science and midwifery. It was renamed as the St. Petersburg Higher Women's Medical Courses [ru] in 1876 and operated until 1882.[14][15] The only available courses for women to study medicine after 1882 was through private hospitals or the Bestuzhev Courses and admission to medical education was completely suspended for women from 12 May 1886.[16]
