Koldovstoretz (Russian: колдовсторец) was the Russian wizarding school. It was one of the eleven schools registered with the International Confederation of Wizards. Students from Koldovstoretz played a version of Quidditch where they flew on entire, uprooted trees instead of broomsticks.[1]
History[]
A student from Koldovstoretz competed in the Wizarding Schools Potions Championship.[2]
In the late 2010s or early 2020s, a Calamity Investigator visited Koldovstoretz to help teach the students about the Calamity, describing the school as "quiet". During their visit, the Investigator got to witness a Russian Quidditch variant - where wizards used fully uprooted trees as brooms.[3]
Known students[]
Etymology[]
- The name of this school is likely derived from the Russian words "koldovstvo" (колдовство), misspelt as "koldovsto" and meaning "witchcraft", and "tvoretz" (творец), meaning "creator". Together the words form a partially overlapping portmanteau with the meaning "(the) creator of magic". By another version, the second word is "dvoretz" (дворец), meaning "palace", that makes the whole name the "palace of witchcraft".
Behind the scenes[]
- Durmstrang Institute does not admit Muggle-born students, so Muggle-borns born in the far north of Europe are possibly educated in Koldovstoretz if they preferred school education to home-schooling.
Appearances[]
- Wonderbook: Book of Potions (First mentioned)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Pottermore facts from the 2014 UK editions of the Harry Potter books (transcript and link to photographs here)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wonderbook: Book of Potions
- ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
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Specialised schools | |||
Academy of Broom Flying · Charm School · Euro-Glyph School of Extraordinary Languages · Institute of Muggle Studies · Merge School of Under-Water Spellage · The Naaszcademy of Magizoology · Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts · Young Wizards Daycare Center |