Second Moscow Cadet Corps
| Second Moscow Cadet Corps | |
|---|---|
Cadets of the Second Moscow Cadet Corps during Solemn oath of cadets taken place at the Great Patriotic War Museum, December 22, 2017. | |
| Active | 1719-1918 re-activated in 1999 |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Russian Federation |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army EMERCOM |
| Type | Military school |
The Nicholas I Second Moscow Emperor Cadet Corps (Russian: Московский 2-й кадетский корпус) is a military educational institution in Russia.
It was opened in December 1849 for 400 students from the poorest nobility. It consisted of four companies and was located together with the First Moscow Cadet Corps in the Golovinsky Palace, in its other half. It was revived in 1999 as a state educational institution, cadet boarding school No. 69 "Second Moscow Cadet Corps" (EMERCOM). One of the seven cadet corps in pre-revolutionary Russia (along with Emperor Alexander II, 2nd Emperor Peter the Great, 1st Moscow Empress Catherine II, 3rd Moscow Emperor Alexander II, Omsk (Siberian) Emperor Alexander I and Don Emperor Alexander III), which were granted the honorary patronage of the late Russian emperors.