To the shit about the institute of noble girls: before comparing it with higher educational institutions for men, at least take a look at what the girls were taught there. The law of God, foreign languages, Russian verbality, history, georgaphia, arithmetic, dances, music, vocals, drawings, secular etiquette, housekeeping, craftsmanship, heraldics. For the townsmen there was a reduced course with a focus on household. Later, the duration of education for the nobles was reduced to 9 years (instead of 12, as was the case with Catherine), and for the townsmen to 6 years. And now think what would have happened if Lomonosov had taught on the same program.