Institut de jeunes filles nobles Rodionov de Kazan, Noble girls educational institute in Kazan, Russia

The Institut de Jeunes Filles Nobles Rodionov is a large historic building in Kazan featuring traditional Russian architectural style and educational spaces arranged across multiple levels. The structure displays typical features of 19th-century school buildings, with rooms designed for different purposes and subjects.

Anna Nikolaevna Rodionova, a Kazan benefactor, left two houses and a stone building on Voskresenskaya Street for a girls' school; after a decade of litigation with her late husband's relatives, the Senate settled the case and the institute opened in 1841. Nicholas I ordered that it bear the name Rodionovsky. The building was erected in 1838–1842 to designs by M. P. Korinfsky, F. I. Petondi and A. I. Peske, and a third storey was added in 1933–1936 by P. N. Ashmarin.

The institute's name comes from benefactor Anna Rodionova, who left her Kazan properties for a girls' school; Emperor Nicholas I ordered it called Rodionovsky. Pupils aged 8 to 13 from noble, clerical and merchant families studied the Law of God, Russian, French, German, arithmetic, geography, history, drawing, music and needlework. The best graduate received a gold scarf embroidered with the initials of her name.

The building stands at 14 Tolstoy Street and has housed the Kazan Suvorov Military School since 1944, so it is an active military school rather than a museum. Visitors should not expect open access to the interiors; view the facade from the street and arrange any visit through the school in advance.

The best pupils received a gold scarf embroidered with the initials of their name. Vera Figner, later a revolutionary, graduated first in 1869 and received this distinction. Leo Tolstoy's sister Maria also completed the institute.