shalaputin is a famous moscow philanthropist.tional schools, a real school and a pedagogical institute. his generosity was proverbial. in moscow they said, no, i can’t handle it. i'm not as rich as shalaputin. when the snowflake. on foot. in 1901, shalaputin opened a gymnasium on deviche pole; the building was built by the same architect kley. there was an assembly hall, a large gymnasium, an innovation. for that time a boarding house for 80 pupils and house church, consecrated in honor of gregory the theologian. gregory was the name of the philanthropist's father. the church was decorated with shalaputin's generosity, a carved oak iconostasis, pearls on the riza worth 20 thousand rubles. the icons were commissioned from academician konstantin makovsky, the most expensive artist of that time. the name maiden's field refers to the novodevichy convent, but there is also one more important object connected with the fate of russian women. in the old days, universities were open only to men, the first institution of higher education w