- Garrison school
Garrison schools ( _ru. гарнизо́нные шко́лы) in 18th century Russia were military schools that provided the
primary education for the children of the military recruits. The institution of the Garrison schools was introduced by theukase (manifest) ofTsar Peter the Great in 1721 primarily for the children of military recruits in the course of Peter's reform of the Russian military. This so-called military revolution transformed the military from an archaicmilitia -like force to the regular army, which drew upon military recruits called, predominantly from enserfed peasantry, to serve for 25 years, which, given the expected life span of most Russian serfs at the time, essentially meant that they would serve for life. The recruits and their children "born after the recruitment" were liberated from the serf status and a network of Garrison schools was created for the children's education. The boys, starting from the age of 7, were taught literacy, elementary math, "artillery and military engineering", but alsofine arts and several trade professions, such as shoe-making, sewing, wood- and metal-working, etc.Initially 49 schools were founded, each for 50 boys aged 7 to 15. Upon completion of elementary study course, the boys' education was specialized as follows: 10 boys studied
artillery andfortification , 20 studiedmusic (drums and singing), 10 studied trade professions and 10 studied "advanced writing" (письмоводство). Most school graduates entered the military service.In 1798, the Garrison schools were renamed "Military institutions for the orphans" (военно-сиротские отделения) which in turn were transformed into
Cantonist schools .ee also
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Cantonist Further reading
*An [http://encycl.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=bse/00016/81400.htm&encpage=bse&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/bse/00016/81400.htm%26text%3Denc_abc%26reqtext%3D%2528enc%253A%253A1464348%2B%2526/%25281%2B1%2529%2Babc%253A%253A153653%2529//6%26%26isu%3D2 article] in
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
*Хазин О.А., "Пажи, кадеты, юнкера", book in Russian available [http://www.ruscadet.ru/library/01-books/hazin/00.htm online] .
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