Kronstadt Sea Cadet Corps

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Kronstadt Sea Cadet Corps
Кронштадтский морской кадетский корпус
A Kronstadt sea cadet.
MottoKnowledge, honor and duty! (Знание, честь и долг!)
Typeboarding school
Established1995 (date established)
2015 (reorganized)
Affiliation Russian Navy
Officer in charge
Reserve Captain 1st Rank Nikolai Dovbeshko[1]
Academic staff
63
Administrative staff
67
Students560
Location
Kronstadt, Kronshtadtsky District St. Petersburg
,
Russia

59°59′39″N 29°45′20″E / 59.9941°N 29.7555°E / 59.9941; 29.7555
LanguageRussian

The Kronstadt Sea Cadet Corps (Russian: Кронштадтский морской кадетский корпус) is a military boarding school of the Russian Navy.

History

The corps follows the traditions maintained by the original Russian cadet corps in the Imperial Russian Navy.[2] The process of its creation began on 25 April 1995 by order of the Mayor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak.[3][2] The corps was created at the insistence of President Boris Yeltsin and a joint decision Minister of Defense Pavel Grachev and Mayor Sobchak. On 1 October, the first 75 pupils were enrolled in the corps at Komarovo.[4] On 22 November, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Igor Kasatonov presented to the cadet corps its first regimental colours. This day became an official holiday in the school.[5] In early 1996, it was transformed into a naval educational institution. The decree on 19 February of that year established a seven-year training period for the cadet corps. By August of that year, the maximum capacity was determined at 700 pupils. In 2000, the first graduation ceremony took place. On 1 December 2012, Admiral Viktor Chirkov presented new colours to the corps in a presentation ceremony.[6]

General information

Only boys of 10–11 years old who are admitted into the corps.[7] The building has 28 classrooms, 24 classrooms, with the science rooms being featuring with laboratories equipped with modern equipment. From the seventh grade, cadets learn two foreign languages: the English language and the German language.[8] The building has an assembly hall for 200 people, and a reading room for 50 seats. Cadets train on training ships in the city.[9] Upon graduation from the corps, cadets receive a secondary education certificate and a breastplate, having the right to enter higher military academies of the Ministry of Defense of Russia without exams.[2]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Стасовский, Александр Дробышевский, Анатолий. "Николай Довбешко: Обучение в Кронштадтском морском кадетском корпусе ведётся по типу корпусов императорской России". Еженедельник «ЗВЕЗДА».{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Морской кадетский корпус". flot.com.
  3. ^ "Распоряжение Президента РФ № 155-рп от 3.04.1995". www.ruscadet.ru.
  4. ^ "Морской кадетский корпус в Кронштадте. Школа мужества".
  5. ^ a b "Историческая справка". kmkk.mil.ru.
  6. ^ "Кронштадтский морской кадетский военный корпус : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  7. ^ "Кронштадтский морской кадетский корпус". www.kronkadet.ru.
  8. ^ "КМКК, Кронштадтский морской кадетский корпус — Учёба.ру". spb.ucheba.ru.
  9. ^ "Over 1,000 cadets to practice maritime skills onboard two Russian Navy training ships in 2018".