- Junker (Russia)
Junker ("Юнкер" in Russian, or "yunker") has several meanings in the
Imperial Russia . The word is from theGerman language , where it means "young lord".*Junker was a
military rank forjunior officer s ofdvoryan descent since 1902.
*Junker was the rank for a volunteer at military service (вольноопределяющийся, "volno-opedelyayuščiysya") in theRussian Navy in 19th and 20th centuries.
*Kamer-Junker (cf. German "Kammerjunker") was acourtier title defined in theTable of Ranks , generally equating tovalet de chambre orGroom of the Chamber .
*Junker was a term for students of any military or junker school in between 1864 and 1917.Junker schools
Junker schools in Russia were introduced in 1864. They were usually located next to district
headquarters in a given region. Junker schools prepared low-rank military forofficer rank . In 1900, the Russian government established junkerinfantry schools inMoscow andKiev , in 1902 - junkercavalry school inYelizavetgrad . In 1901, the government transformed all former district junker schools into 7 infantry schools (St.Petersburg ,Vilna ,Tiflis ,Odessa ,Kazan ,Chuguyev ,Irkutsk ), 1 cavalry school (Tver ) and 3Cossack schools (Novocherkassk ,Stavropol , Irkutsk).Every junker school had a 3-year program. In order to enroll into a junker school, a student had to attend a gymnasium or cadet corps for 6 years or pass a corresponding
exam .ee also
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*Cadet Corps (Russia)
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