page_title: Ivan Betskoy
hierarchical_section_title: Ivan Betskoy
caption_attribution_description: Ivan Ivanovich Betskoy (1704–1795), Russian public figure, president of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1763–1794)
context_page_description: Ivan Ivanovich Betskoi or Betskoy was a Russian school reformer who served as Catherine II's advisor on education and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for thirty years. Perhaps the crowning achievement of his long career was the establishment of Russia's first unified system of public education.
context_section_description: Ivan Ivanovich Betskoi or Betskoy (Russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Бе́цкой; 14 February [O.S. 3 February] 1704 – 11 September [O.S. 31 August] 1795) was a Russian school reformer who served as Catherine II's advisor on education and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for thirty years (1764–94). Perhaps the crowning achievement of his long career was the establishment of Russia's first unified system of public education.
caption: Portrait of Ivan Ivanovich Betskoi  by Alexander Roslin (1777)
  Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum
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