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Herzel Yankel Tsam (russian: Герцель Янкелевич Цам, Gertsel Yankelevich Tsam; 1835–1915) was a
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Herzel Yankel Tsam (russian: Герцель Янкелевич Цам, Gertsel Yankelevich Tsam; 1835–1915) was a Jew
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ish cantonist
Cantonists (Russian language: кантонисты; more properly: военные кантонисты, "military cantonists") were underage sons of conscripts in the Russian Empire. From 1721 on they were educated in special "canton schools" (К ...
in the Russian Empire
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, one of only nine Jewish officers in the Tsarist army in the 19th century who didn't convert to Christianity.Zvi Y. Gitelman (2001): ''A Century of Ambivalence: the Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p.5
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Cantonist
Cantonists (Russian language: кантонисты; more properly: военные кантонисты, "military cantonists") were underage sons of conscripts in the Russian Empire. From 1721 on they were educated in special "canton schools" (К ...
, Tsam served in Tomsk
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Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. The city is a n ...
, Siberia
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. Tsam became an officer in 1873 (his fellow officers attested to his qualities in the promotion petitions) and, after forty-one years of service, he was retired with a rank and pension of captain. The promotion was granted on the day of his retirement, so he would have the pension, but wouldn't be able to serve as a colonel. An able commander and administrator, he turned one of the worst companies of his regiment into one of the best.
After retirement, Tsam took an active part in the Jewish community of Tomsk
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See also
*History of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union
The history of the Jews in the Soviet Union is inextricably linked to much earlier expansionist policies of the Russian Empire conquering and ruling the eastern half of the European continent already before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. "For ...
References
Further reading
* «История возникновения в Томске военно-молитвенной солдатской школы» (Томск, 1909). 1835 births 1915 deaths Jews from the Russian Empire Russian Jews in the military Imperial Russian Army officers {{Jewish-hist-stub