Ludmila Orestovna Gabel (Ukrainian: Людмила Орестівна Габель, romanized: Lyudmyla Orestivna Habel; 1876 – 10 April 1967) was a librarian, public figure and lawyer.
Despite being released due to a lack of incriminating evidence, Ludmila remained under special surveillance.
In 1904, she made a significant stride in her academic career by becoming one of the first women admitted to the Faculty of Law at Kharkiv University.
Her advocacy for women's education marked a pivotal moment in her early life and set the stage for her future contributions to both revolutionary and feminist movements in Kharkiv.
Half a year later, Augustina was released from prison, mainly due to Elena's acquaintance with influential official Anatoly Koni.
However, due to her connections with revolutionary figures in the capital, she was taken to Saint Petersburg, where she pleaded guilty.
The request was approved and she, along with noblewoman Dombrovskaya, became the first women to study at the Faculty of Law of Kharkiv University.
At that time, she was placed under unofficial surveillance, which lasted until 29 March 1912, when the committee members were acquitted due to a lack of evidence of their unlawful activities.
[7][8][9] On 16 November 1912, she was elected a member of the board of the newly established Kharkiv Society for Patronage of Minors, later serving as its secretary.
In the autumn, she organised a library at the court chamber and facilitated festive events for juvenile prisoners.
In 1950, she wrote memoirs about the activities of the Committee for Rural Libraries of the Kharkiv Literacy Society, which received positive reviews from the Commission on the History of Library Affairs at the Institute of Theory and History of Pedagogy of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.