Orenburg Neplyuev Cadet Corps and the Distribution of Russian Education in the Kazakh Steppe

Elena Viktorovna Godovova

2023

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DOI 10.18254/s207987840015864-9
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Abstract

The article analyzes the role of the Orenburg Neplyuevsky military school (cadet corps) in the dissemination of the Russian education in the Kazakh Steppe. It was concluded that this educational institution was the first in the educational training of Kazakhs, contributed to the formation of the Kazakh elite — military, officials and intelligentsia. For 40 years, the Orenburg Neplyuev military school, and then the cadet corps, gave special education to Kazakh boys. From 1825 to 1866 37 Kazakhs graduated from this educational institution. Graduates of the Neplyuevsky cadet corps not only regularly performed their functions while in various positions, but also made up the first galaxy of Russian officials from the Steppe, regularly served the Russian Empire.