Pavel Military School (russian: Павловское военное училище, Pavlovskoye voennoye uchilishche) (also translated as Pavlovsk Military School, Pavlovsk Military College) is a

military school A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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, established in 1863 on the basis of the Pavel

Cadet Corps A corps of cadets, also called cadet corps, was originally a kind of military school for boys. Initially such schools admitted only sons of the nobility or gentry, but in time many of the schools were opened also to members of other social classes. ...

. It was closed in November 1917 after the

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.Chronology
at the school website It was named after emperor

Pavel I of Russia Paul I (russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he was fathered by her l ...

. Over time it had the following names: * 1829-1863 — Павловский кадетский корпус; * 1863-1894 — 1-е военное Павловское училище; * 1894- November 1917 - Павловское военное училище.

Alumni

Aleksey Kuropatkin Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Куропа́ткин; March 29, 1848January 16, 1925) served as the Russian Imperial Minister of War from January 1898 to February 1904 and as a field command ...

* Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg

References

Military of the Russian Empire History of Saint Petersburg Organizations based in Saint Petersburg Educational institutions established in 1863 1917 disestablishments in Russia 1863 establishments in the Russian Empire 19th century in Saint Petersburg {{SaintPetersburg-stub