Educated people or intellectuals in Russian history

Consider the role of educated people or intellectuals in Russian history from 1613 to 1917. Trace the policies that helped create an educated elite and shaped their worldviews by exposure to specific influences (and how these influences varied over time). Explain how educational institutions, print culture, and influential personalities and ideas contributed to Russian culture and society over the whole period (identify several individuals, institutions, policies, ideas, or movements that represent what you think are the most significant intellectual influences on Russian history, and explain their origins and effects in the short and long term). Overall, articulate what you think is the role of intellectuals in Imperial Russian society: how did intellectuals shape or reflect their world? What does the treatment of intellectuals by the state at specific times tell us about the state’s goals or strengths/weaknesses? Is there a difference between politically active “intellectuals” and other educated elites like artists or professionals? To what extent should we lump all educated people together, or make distinctions among them, and why?