Page Corps

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PAGE CORPS (The Imperial Page Corps), a closed privileged military educational institution, which trained pupils for court, military and civil service. It was based in 1759 as a court school for the preparation of pages (situated at 33 Millionnaya Street). In 1802, it was reorganised on the model of cadet corps and moved to 6 Fontanka River Embankment, from 1810 it was situated in the Vorontsovsky Palace (26 Sadovaya Street). Children and grandchildren of persons from the first three classes of the Table of Ranks were mainly accepted to the Page Corps (before entering it they were enlisted as pages of the Imperial Court). The Corps' pupils received general as well as military education. Education lasted six (from the 1860s - seven) years. From 1885, the course had been divided into seven general classes (the program of cadet corps) and two special (military and legal sciences). Page Corps pupils received officer rank and the priority to be enlisted to the Guard, civil or court service. The Page Corps was abolished in the early 1918.

References: Милорадович Г. А. Материалы для истории Пажеского корпуса, 1711-1875. Киев, 1876; Фрейман О. Р. Пажи за 185 лет: Биографии и портреты бывш. пажей с 1711 по 1896 г. Фридрихсгамн, 1897; Левшин Д. М. Пажеский корпус за 100 лет: В 2 т. СПб., 1902; Хазин О. А. Пажи, кадеты, юнкера: Ист. очерк: (К 200-летию Пажеского Его Имп. величества корпуса). М., 2002.

A. N. Lukirsky. Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 6
Millionnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 33
Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 26
Милорадович Г. А. Материалы для истории Пажеского корпуса, 1711-1875. Киев, 1876
Фрейман О. Р. Пажи за 185 лет: Биогр. и портр. бывш. пажей с 1711 по 1896 г. Фридрихсгамн, 1897
Левшин Д. М. Пажеский корпус за 100 лет: В 2 т. СПб., 1902 1759