Brest Cadet Corps ; since 1857, the Alexandrovsky Brest Cadet Corps has been a closed-type secondary school for the preparation of noble children for military service.
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Case History
The cadet corps in Brest existed since 1841. The name “Aleksandrovsky” was given in 1857 and honored by Alexander II , the future emperor, who in 1849–55 was the chief commander (chief) of the cadet corps of Russia.
The corps was founded at the request and at the expense of the nobility of the Vilna , Grodno , Minsk , Belostok provinces and the Kingdom of Poland . By law, the eldest sons of the local nobles were obliged to serve in the military service and were enrolled as privates. The discovery of the cadet corps allowed the nobles to determine their children for training, avoiding heavy service by privates.
It was housed in a converted building of the Bernardine Monastery on the Volyn fortification of the Brest Fortress on the banks of the Mukhavets River and was designed for 400 students (cadets). Children of noblemen were taken to study, the headquarters and senior officers at the age of 9.5-11.5 years. From the moment of foundation until 1848, most of the pupils were from Polish and Lithuanian nobles; with the release of the new position, half of the pupils began to be adopted from the Great Russian nobles.
General subjects were taught for the course of the gymnasium (languages, natural and social sciences), military training, horse riding, rifle shooting, fencing, gymnastics, swimming, music and dancing. Graduates were sent mainly to the cadet school [1] .
Until 1851, the director of the corps was General A. P. Helmersen , then Major-General N. A. Meinander ; from June 9, 1852 to March 25, 1854 - General V.N. Nazimov . In the spring of 1854, Lieutenant-General F. F. Reddier was appointed director.
In 1854, in connection with the beginning of the Crimean War and the declaration of martial law in the Brest Fortress, the corps was transferred to Moscow and located in the Red Barracks , not far from the First and Second Cadet Corps.
In 1860, the corps was transferred to Vilna , where in 1863, due to the reform of military schools, was finally disbanded.
Corps Inmates
See. Graduates of the Brest Cadet Corps.
Some of the students of the corps later became figures of the revolutionary movement in Russia, participants in the Polish uprising of 1863-1864, among them: Ya. V. Dombrovsky , Z. V. Padlevsky , N. V. Sokolov .
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Literature
- Yelensky Osip My Memories of a Forgotten Corps // Old Russian . - 1895. - T. 83. № 6. - P. 143-169 ; V. 84. № 11. - p . 185-203 .
Links
- Brest Alexander Cadet Corps // Site of the Minsk SVU
- Cadets and cadet corps of the Russian Empire