Vilnius Military School

In total, about 10,500 men graduated from the school, many becoming prominent military leaders and commanders in the post-war Eastern Europe.

[2] Completion of a cadet school became mandatory for recruits and from 1875 for drafted men if they wanted to be promoted to officers.

[1] In 1881, the school constructed barracks and an Eastern Orthodox church named after Saints Cosmas and Damian.

[5] At the outbreak of World War I, the school introduced a four-month accelerated training course and increased the number of students to 900 cadets.

The slogan reads Know the true way to nobility and light (Russian: К высокому и светлому знай верный путь).

The center depicted the Lithuanian knight under the rays shooting down to the Big Dipper (i.e. a combination of both averse and reserve of the cadet badge).

After the February Revolution, the royal monograms were removed and the Big Dipper was replaced by two stars.

After World War I, 21 alumni became Ministers of Defense or commanders of the national armies of the newly independent Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland.