Пажеский Его Императорского Величества корпус /His Majesty’s Corps des Pages - 1902

Пажеский Его Императорского Величества корпус ( Садовая улица, д.26) 1902 г. The Corps des Pages of His Imperial Majesty St. Petersburg. 1902 Here I present a fascinating album of photographs of the Corps des Pages in St Petersburg, dating to 1902. Founded in 1759, The Corps was a military academy in Imperial Russia, which prepared sons of the nobility and of senior officers for military service. The students served on a rotational basis as pages at Court and provided services at ceremonies, including attendance upon individual members of the Imperial family. The Corps had a range of uniforms for different purposes. The most spectacular of these was the gala uniform worn for Court functions. This comprised a spiked helmet with white plume, a dark green tunic with gold braid covering the front, white breeches and high boots. From its inception until 1917, the Corps graduated 4,505 officers. An additional 200 were unable to complete their courses because of the revolution of 1917. The school effectively ceas