page_title: Cantonist
hierarchical_section_title: Cantonist
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Военные кантонисты учебных эскадронов уланских и учебных батальонов поселенных полков, 1821—1825 гг. Это изображение было использовано для иллюстрирования статьи «Кантонисты военные» опубликованной в двенадцатом томе «Военной энциклопедии», который был издан книгоиздательским товариществом И. Д. Сытина в 1913 году в столице Российской империи городе Санкт-Петербурге.
context_page_description: Cantonists were underage sons of conscripts in the Russian Empire. From 1721 on they were educated in special "canton schools" for future military service. The canton schools were eventually abolished in 1857.
context_section_description: Cantonists (Russian language: кантонисты; more properly: военные кантонисты, "military cantonists") were underage sons of conscripts in the Russian Empire. From 1721 on they were educated in special "canton schools" (Кантонистские школы) for future military service (the schools were called garrison schools in the 18th century). The canton schools were eventually abolished in 1857.
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