Alexander Dmitrievich Vintulov (1799 – 1856) was a lieutenant general, the first director of the Mikhailovsky Voronezh Cadet Corps.

He was brought up in the 1st Cadet Corps, from where he was released as an officer in 1817; participated in the Russian–Turkish Campaign of 1828–1829 and the suppression of the Polish Uprising of 1830–1831.

[1] With regard to the training of cadets, Vintulov was a decisive enemy of the cramming that flourished in the schools of that time, he considered preparation for exams completely unnecessary, he saw high scores as a great evil and only to correct the stubborn lazy he sometimes resorted to corporal punishment.

But the strict rules of punishment (deprivation of shoulder straps, rods in front of the company, putting on a gray jacket), according to the biographer Vintulov, were an exceptional phenomenon.

[4] Among other awards, Vintulov had the Order of Saint George of the 4th Degree, granted to him on December 1, 1838 for the irreproachable length of service of 25 years in the officer ranks (No.