Homeless Assistance in St. Petersburg at the Turn of the 19th–20th Centuries: A Historical Review

Authors

  • Andrey Chapaev Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of Russian Academy of Sciences Author

Keywords:

history of helping the homeless, lodging houses, working houses, civil society

Abstract

The article considers the reasons & peculiarities of a formation of a systematic humane approach to social work with homelessness in Saint-Petersburg from 1860-s until the outbreak of the WWI in 1914.

Author Biography

  • Andrey Chapaev, Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of Russian Academy of Sciences

    Andrey Chapaev — head of humanitarian programs of Interregional Сharity Public Organization for the homeless “Nochlezhka”; Postgraduate, Saint-Petersburg Institute of History of Russian Academy of Sciences.
    Address: St. Petersburg, Borovaya str. 112-b.
    E-mail: a.chapaev@mail.ru.

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Published

2025-06-12