This gymnasium was located in a building at the intersection of Zhukovsky and Kaminsky streets. The house was built in 1914 according to the design of the local architect V.N.Sirotkin. The educational institution opened here on September 23 and worked until the fall of 1917. The Olginsky women's Gymnasium received its name in honor of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna.
The curriculum at this gymnasium was the same as at the classical girls' gymnasium. However, foreign languages, French and German, were taught here according to a broader curriculum, and even the practice of speaking in these languages was introduced. And on holidays and vacations, the students of the Olginsky Gymnasium performed plays in French.
Tula girls received their education here until 1917, and after the revolutionary events, the Olginsky Gymnasium was closed. Over the years, this building housed an experimental demonstration school, then the Federal State Educational Institution (school of factory apprenticeship) and secondary school No. 6, which was named after teacher Konstantin Ushinsky in the late 40s of the twentieth century.
The most famous student of the school was Konstantin Rudnev, an outstanding scientist. In 1960-1961, Chairman of the State Commission for the First Space Flights, he was the one who sent Yuri Gagarin on a flight and received his report upon his return from space. Gagarin presented Rudnev with his book "Morning of the Space Age" with the inscription: "To dear Konstantin Nikolaevich Rudnev, in memory of the first space flight under your leadership. 12/30/61 Gagarin".
