Stasov
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Stasov (Russian: Стасов) is a quintessential family of Russian intelligentsia. It included
- the architect Vasily Petrovich Stasov (1769–1848),
- His daughter Nadezhda Vasilievna Stasova (1822–1895), was a philanthropist and women's rights activist. She organized week-end schools for workers and daycares for workers’ children. She also helped found the St. Petersburg Higher Women's (Bestuzhev) Courses, which made higher education available to Russian women for the first time.
- His son Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (1824–1906), was probably the most respected Russian critic during his lifetime.
- His brother, Dmitry Vasilievich Stasov (1828–1918), was a notable advocate who took part in the foundation of the Russian Music Society.
- His daughter Yelena Dmitrievna Stasova (1873–1966), joined the Communist movement in 1898. As a personal secretary of Lenin, she was exiled to Siberia in 1913–16. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 Stasova was made responsible for the Soviets' relations with other Communist parties of the world.
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