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Cantonists (Russian: кантонисты; more properly: военные кантонисты, "military
cantonists") were
underage sons of
conscripts in the
Russian Empire. From...
- The
official Russian policy was to
encourage the
conversion of
Jewish cantonists to the
state religion of
Orthodox Christianity and
Jewish boys were coerced...
- Leaders".
Tablet Mag.
Retrieved April 20, 2023.
Adina Ofek (October 1993). "
Cantonists:
Jewish Children as
Soldiers in Tsar Nicholas's Army".
Modern Judaism...
- de Custine,
Charles ****ens, and many
Western governments. (See also
Cantonists.)
Nicholas disliked serfdom and to**** with the idea of
abolishing it in...
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forced ****imilation of Jews, from 1827
conscripted Jewish children as
Cantonists in
military institutions in the east
aiming to
compel them to convert...
-
converted into
cantonists (Kantonisten). The term "recruitment"
thereafter applied to the
hiring of
foreign mercenaries only;
cantonists were said to be...
-
first Jews to
arrive were nineteenth-century
Russian soldiers (known as
cantonists) who sta**** in
Finland after their military service ended. The two synagogues...
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History of
Polish Jews. 25
November 2014. Domnitch,
Larry (2003). The
Cantonists: the
Jewish children's army of the Tsar.
Devora Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 1-930143-85-0...
- This
allowed the so-called
Jewish 'Nicholas soldiers' (often
former cantonists) and
their descendants,
First Guild merchants, artisans, and Jews with...
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garrison a
territory Kanton (disambiguation)
Cantone (disambiguation)
Cantonist, sons of
Russian conscripts who were
educated in
special canton schools...
