The Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps

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The Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps was established on May 30, 1830 for upbringing and education of minor orphans and sons of noble veterans. The Corps was under the patronage of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna. It was located in the building of the Noble Boarding House at the Royal College in Tsarskoye Selo that was liquidated in the same year. Many great admirals of the Russian Fleet were educated here including Commanders of the Navy Department, Adjutant Generals, Admirals F.K. Avelan and N.K. Chikhachev, Adjutant Generals, Admirals A.A. Popov and S.K. Kremer, Admirals V.A. Stetsenkov, V.P. Verkhovsky, P.N. Nazimov, S.P. Schwarz, Aide-de-Camp, Vice Admiral N.I. Koznakov, Vice Admiral N.V. Kopytov, Rear Admirals V.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, N.F. Povalishin, outstanding Russian artists military painter V.V. Vereshchagin and marine painter and historiographer of the Russian Fleet A.P. Bogolyubov. Cadet Corps (entry)