First Cadet Corps

By the decree of Empress Anna Ioannovna of July 29, 1731, the Senate was ordered to establish a cadet corps.

This led to non-military disciplines being taught together with the military sciences: languages including German, French, and Latin, "oratorio" and other subjects.

Teachers at school rarely explained the material, reducing learning to memorizing sections.

In the corpus, theatrical art, dance, music were studied, while military disciplines were not among the priority ones.

[6]A fundamental change occurred in 1794, when the corps was headed by Mikhail Kutuzov, who reorganized according to the instructions of Emperor Paul I.

Cadet uniform of the Land Gentry Cadet Corps (1793) [ 1 ]
Karl Piratsky. Pupils from the mountaineers of the 1st and 2nd Cadet Corps . 1855 [ 2 ]
The meeting of the Drafting Commission for the liberation of the peasants