Pavel Military School

The Paul's Military School or Pavel Military School (also translated as Pavlovsk Military School, Pavlovsk Military College) was a military school in St. Petersburg, Russia, established in 1863 on the basis of the Paul's Cadet Corps. It was closed in November 1917 after the October Revolution. It was named after emperor Paul I. History of the school On August 25, 1863, during the reorganization of military educational institutions, the Paul's Cadet Corps was abolished, and its seniority was transferred to the Paul's Military School. The first appointed head of school was Pyotr Vannovsky. The school was given the building and archives of the First Cadet Corps. Over the 50 years of its existence, the school trained 7,730 officers, 52 graduates became Knights of the Order of St. George, 124 graduates died on the battlefields. By 1913, 1/4 of the available officers of the General Staff consisted of graduates.