Corps of Cadets (Warsaw)

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Corps of Cadets, Warsaw, by Zygmunt Vogel

The Warsaw Corps of Cadets (English: School of Chivalry; Polish: Szkoła Rycerska or Akademia Szlachecka Korpusu Kadetów) was the first state school in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

18th century

Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, 18th-century commandant of the Corps of Cadets
18th-century uniform of a cadet

The state Corps of Cadets was established in Warsaw on 15 March 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski.

The Corps of Cadets was housed in the Kazimierz Palace (Pałac Kazimierzowski, now the rectorate of Warsaw University). The Corps' commandant was Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski.

The Corps of Cadets was closed in 1795 following the suppression of the Kościuszko Uprising, which had been led by one of the Corps' first alumni, Tadeusz Kościuszko.

In the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski, several private corps of cadets were also established: by A. Tyzenhauz at Grodno, K. Radziwiłł at Nieśwież, W. Potocki at Niemirów, A. Sułkowski at Rydzyna.

Interbellum

In the period between the two World Wars, the institution of the Corps of Cadets would be revived in Poland. Three state secondary schools of that name would be created: at Kraków (later at Lwów), at Modlin (later at Chełmno) and at Rawicz.

After World War II

After World War II, in the People's Republic of Poland, until 1956, there existed in Warsaw a Corps of Cadets of the Internal Security Corps (Korpus Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego).

Revival

The original Corps' work is continued by Fundacja Szkoła Rycerska.

Notable alumni

Tadeusz Kościuszko, member of the Corps' first class and its most famous alumnus

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Korpusy kadetów" ("Corps of cadets"), Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 2, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1974, p. 566.
  2. ^ "Korpusy kadetów" ("Corps of cadets"), Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 2, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1974, p. 566.
  3. ^ "Korpusy kadetów" ("Corps of cadets"), Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), volume 2, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1974, p. 566.
  4. ^ "Fundacja Szkoła Rycerska - O nas". szkolarycerska.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-09-07.

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