Paul's Military School

[1] The school did not take part in the October revolution, because on the night of October 25 it was surrounded by soldiers of the reserve Grenadier regiment and Red Guards of the Putilov and Obukhov factories, and disarmed under the threat of machine-gun fire.

The entire command staff, together with the head of the school, General Melnikov, was arrested and sent to the Peter and Paul Fortress.

[2][1] Prior to September, 1864, the school was located in the building of the barracks of the Noble Regiment.

From September 16, 1864 to November 24, 1887, the school was located in St. Petersburg, in the buildings of the 1st Cadet Corps on Vasilyevsky Island next to the Menshikov Palace.

[3] Due to renovation work in the palace, on November 24, 1887, the school was transferred back to the St. Petersburg side,[3] to the building of the former Noble Regiment, where it was located until disbandment in November 1917.