Page Corps

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Page Corps was an elite military educational institution in Imperial Russia that trained young noblemen for service as officers and court pages.

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Surface form Occurrences
Page Corps, St Petersburg 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Russian institution
military educational institution
admittedStudentsFrom Baltic German nobility
Polish nobility
Russian nobility
ageRangeOfCadets approximately 10 to 20 years
alsoKnownAs Corps of Pages NERFINISHED
Imperial Page Corps NERFINISHED
buildingLocatedNear Winter Palace NERFINISHED
country Russian Empire
disestablishedAsResultOf Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED
dissolved 1917
educationLevel secondary and pre-university
endCause abolition of Imperial institutions after 1917
existedDuring reign of Alexander I of Russia
reign of Alexander II of Russia
reign of Alexander III of Russia
reign of Nicholas I of Russia
reign of Nicholas II of Russia
foundedBy Alexander I of Russia NERFINISHED
genderRestriction male only
governedBy director of the Corps of Pages
graduatesOftenCommissionedAs officers in the Imperial Guard
officers in the Imperial Russian Army
hadAffiliationWith Imperial Guard NERFINISHED
hadCurriculumIn court etiquette
foreign languages
general education subjects
military sciences
hadPreparatoryClass yes
hadUniformType court dress uniform
military field uniform
inception 1802
locatedIn St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
notableAlumni Alexei Brusilov NERFINISHED
Dmitry Pavlovich of Russia NERFINISHED
Felix Yusupov NERFINISHED
Fyodor Keller NERFINISHED
Mikhail Skobelev NERFINISHED
operatedBy Imperial Russian Army NERFINISHED
primaryLanguageOfInstruction Russian
purpose training young noblemen as army officers
training young noblemen as court pages
status elite institution
studentsHeldRank pages of the Imperial Court
typeOfSelection highly selective
underAuthorityOf Imperial Court of Russia NERFINISHED
wasSymbolOf aristocratic privilege in Imperial Russia

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Alexander I of Yugoslavia educatedAt Page Corps
this entity surface form: Page Corps, St Petersburg
Pavel Pestel educatedAt Page Corps