Founder of "educational homes for brought children and hospitals for poor mothers"

I.I. Betskoy owe their appearance to the Orphanages in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The project for the construction of the Moscow Orphanage for 8000 children was drawn up by I.I. Betsky in 1763, planning a new educational institution for Russia, he set himself the main task - to save the children of low-income families and illegitimate children who "are born in extreme poverty, are abandoned by their parents and are betrayed to blind chance." In his note, signed on August 26, 1763, he asked the Empress to allocate a place in the center of Moscow, the so-called "Garnet Dvor", to build a house. By the hand of Catherine II, it is inscribed "Be according to this." The report by I.I. Betskoy consisted of 6 chapters: “On the chiefs and servants of the orphanage; about babies accepted to the foster home; about a hospital for poor women in childbirth; about the amount required for this institution; about rewarding and punishment; on the privileges of an educational institution. "