Incorporation of Polish children into the Imperial Russian Army
Incorporation of Polish children into the Imperial Russian Army occurred during and after the defeat of the November Uprising (1830–1831), when Polish adolescents were incorporated into the Imperial Army of the Russian Empire.[1]
In March 1831, in accordance with Tsar Nicholas I, the children of those who took part in the November Uprising were treated as cantonists and incorporated into special battalions of the Imperial Russian Army. A March 24, 1832 ukase ordered the assignment to special children's battalions of adolescent boys, 7 to 16 years of age, children of political exiles, orphans, those of the poor and homeless. Several thousand children were taken.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "KANTONISCI Z KRÓLESTWA POLSKIEGO W ARMII CARSKIEJ W LATACH 1832–1856" (PDF). rcin.org.pl. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ Galas, Daniela (2005). Solidarność 1830 - Niemcy i Polacy po powstaniu listopadowym : Zamek Krolewski w Warszawie, 29 XI 2005-31 I 2006, Museum Europäischer Kulturen - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2. III - 30. IV 2006 = Polenbegeisterung - Deutsche und Polen nach dem Novemberaufstand 1830. Warszawa: Arx Regia. ISBN 83-7022-153-X.
- ^ Armia Imperium Rosyjskiego: Aleksandr Suworow, Legion Pulawski, Strzelcy Moskiewscy, Rosyjski Plan I Wojny Swiatowej, Carskie Sily Powietrzne. General Books LLC. 2011. ISBN 9781231861820.