A Cadet corps (russian: Кадетский корпус, translit=Kadetskiy korpus), historically an admissions-based all-boys military cadets school, prepared boys to become commissioned officers in

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. Boys entered a cadet corps between the ages of 8 and 15.

History

Empress Anna Ivanovna founded the first cadet corps in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, in 1731. The term of education was seven years. All instructors had a military rank; they taught a full program of military preparation. In 1766 Catherine the Great's educational reforms broadened the curriculum to include the sciences, philosophy, ethics, history, and international law. A graduate from the corps became a junker and had prime candidacy for a military career. During the October Revolution and the 1917-1923 Russian Civil War, cadets and junkers largely supported the anti-bolshevik White movement. (Distinguish the military cadets of this era from the members of the Constitutional Democratic Party, known from its initials (KD) as ''Kadets''. The Constitutional Democratic Party also opposed Bolshevism.) A small portion of cadets succeeded in evacuating with the White Army towards the end of Russian Civil War to western countries. Many cadets who escaped alive formed cadet corps in other countries, most notably at

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in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where they received the patronage of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (reigned 1921–1934) - himself a former pupil in the Saint Petersburg Page Corps. During World War II a number of White émigré ex-cadets joined the Axis-sponsored

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(founded in 1941) in Yugoslavia and the Guard of the general A.A.Vlasow (ROA), seeing it as a means of continuing the battle against the Bolshevik régime. After World War II ended in 1945, with the emigration of cadets to the United States,

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, and

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, White émigré cadet corps ceased to function. A cadet union was formed to unite the graduates of the cadet corps.

Modern era

After the

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in 1991, cadet corps were re-established in Russia by veterans of the armed forces and descendants of cadet corps graduates. These now educate both boys and girls, with several units named after Soviet Great Patriotic War heroes as well as after Russian military heroes through the centuries. These Cadet Corps and Cadet Schools, found in various Russian cities, aim towards preparing children for service not just in the

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but also in the

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, the

National Guard of Russia The National Guard of the Russian Federation (russian: Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации , translit = Federal'naya sluzhba voysk natsional'noy gvard ...

, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the

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and the

Federal Security Service The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) RF; rus, Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ России), Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Feder ...

(FSB). One cadet corps prepares teens for service in the

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; the Moscow Diplomatic Cadet Corps educates those inclined towards future careers in the diplomatic services of the

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. Traditionally, the Ground Forces-affiliated cadets use the regular army field uniform, but with the own sleeve insignias and the letters "KK" on the shoulder boards, but dress uniforms differ. There are also Cossack cadet corps in existence as well.

Cadets educational establishments in the USSR and Russia

Mainstream corps

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Nakhimov Naval School The Nakhimov Naval School (russian: Нахимовское военно-морское училище) or Nakhimov School (russian: Нахимовское училище) is a form of military education for teenagers introduced in the Soviet Union ...

* Ministry of Defense of Russia Girls Boarding School * Kronstadt Sea Cadet Corps *

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* Moscow National Pensions School Cadet Corps *Moscow Cadet Corps of the Investigative Committee of Russia

Cossack corps

* Astrakhan Cossack Cadet Corps * Shakhty Cossack Cadet Corps * Aksanskiy Cossack Cadet Corps * Aksai Cossack Cadet Corps * Novorossiysk Cossack cadet corps * Crimean Cossack Cadet Corps * Kuban Cossack Cadet Corps * Yeysk Cossack Cadet Corps{{Cite web, title=Transferable Presidential banner presented to top-performing Cossack Cadet Corps, url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/administration/64263, access-date=2020-11-13, website=President of Russia, language=en

Other corps

* Saint Petersburg Rocket Artillery Cadet Corps * St. Petersburg Cadet Corps *Governor's Cadet Boarding School of the Ministry of Emergencies, Kemerovo *Siberian Aviation Cadet Corps named after

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*Achinsk Cadet Corps, Krasnoyarsk Territory *

Mountain Cadet Corps A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

Ulan-Ude Cadet Corps Ulan-Ude (; bua, Улаан-Үдэ, , ; russian: Улан-Удэ, p=ʊˈlan ʊˈdɛ; mn, Улаан-Үд, , ) is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence wi ...

First Moscow Cadet Corps First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: * World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...

* Military Space Peter the Great Cadet Corps,

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Military Technical Cadet Corps A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

, Togliatti * Pupils of Inmates *

Irkutsk Guards Cadet Corps of Strategic Missile Forces Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is the 25th-larges ...

* Voronezh Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich Cadet Corps *

Moscow Justice Cadet Corps Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million r ...

Moscow Cadet Corps Moscow ( , American English, US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia. The city stands on t ...

named after

Marshal Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( rus, Георгий Константинович Жуков, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ˈʐukəf, a=Ru-Георгий_Константинович_Жуков.ogg; 1 December 1896 – ...

Karelian Cadet Corps Karelian refers to something from or related to the region of Karelia, in present-day Russia and Finland. * Karelians, the Balto-Finnic people of this area * Karelian language, their Finnic language *Karelian foods :* Karelian pasties :* Karelian ...

named after

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand ...

* Ufa Airborne Cadet Corps named after Musa Gareev *

Don Emperor Alexander III Cadet Corps Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places * County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vil ...

Novocherkassk Novocherkassk (russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. ''New Cherkassk'') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known ...

* Moscow Cadet Music Corps * St. Petersburg Cadet Course of the Federal Protective Service

References

Military schools in Russia Russian military youth groups