“Morality of the students of this military educational institution is worthy of complete approval and praise”: Orenburg Neplyuev Cadet Corps in the late 1840s — first half of the 1860s
Yuri M. Gordeev, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Kemerovo Presidential Cadet School, Kemerovo, Russia, kempku_2@mil.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2838-0866
Alexey Yu. Karpinets, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor
Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry SB RAS, Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russia, naukarpinets@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1711-9732
Abstract
The paper, based on the records of the federal archives, characterizes a significant period of the late 1840s — first half of the 1860s in the development of the Orenburg Cadet Corps. Its personnel is assessed. The average age of the institution’s employees was about 40 years and the average annual salary was 565 rubles. The features of the subsequent careers of graduates who replenished the staff of military institutions of the region, strengthening the Orenburg linear battalions, Orenburg and Ural Cossack troops with officer cadres are revealed. Asian graduates served in the Horde and the Bashkir army. Some of them achieved significant career heights in the military and civil service. The specifics of the educational and upbringing process are determined. By the beginning of the reform of the cadet corps in the mid-1860s the Orenburg building had arrived in very decent condition, as evidenced by inspections, which highly rated the key positions of the educational institution’s work.
Keywords
Orenburg Neplyuev Cadet Corps, military educational institutions of the Russian Empire, history of the Orenburg region of the XIX century, cadets, military education and upbringing.
Acknowledgments: The study was carried out within the framework of the state assignment (Project No. 124041100076-4 “Kuzbass as part of the Russian state: socio-economic and socio-political development of the region in the 17th—20th centuries”, 2024—2025, FWEZ-2024-0023)
For citation:
Gordeev Y. M., Karpinets A. Yu. “Morality of the students of this military educational institution is worthy of complete approval and praise”: Orenburg Neplyuev Cadet Corps in the late 1840s — first half of the 1860s. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2025, no. 2 (54), pp. 123—146. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2025.54.5.
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