“Mademoiselle-Professor”: the Kazan period of Militsa V. Nechkina's life
The article reconstructs the stage of the biography of the Soviet academician, historian Militsa V. Nechkina. The chronological framework coincides with the “Kazan” period of Nechkina's life, reflected mainly in personal documents: her diaries and letters. The article is part of the study of historian's scientific biography. The author characterizes the legal restrictions of women's entry into scientific activity before 1917, legal and institutional changes of the first post-revolutionary years. Nechkina successfully coped with all the challenges, demonstrating a whole set of qualities necessary for a woman who chose the path of a scientist at that time. Among them were a high level of ambition, determination, self-confidence, hard work and perseverance.