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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...
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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...
- de Custine,
Charles ****ens, and many
Western governments. (See also
Cantonists.)
Nicholas disliked serfdom and to**** with the idea of
abolishing it in...
-
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...
-
Nicholas I of
Russia in 1827
conscripted Jews
under 18
years of age into the
cantonist schools for a 25-year
military service in
order to
promote baptism. Policy...
- in 1865
allowed the so-called
Jewish "Nicholas soldiers" (often
former cantonists) and
their descendants,
First Guild merchants, artisans, and Jews with...
- This
allowed the so-called
Jewish 'Nicholas soldiers' (often
former cantonists) and
their descendants,
First Guild merchants, artisans, and Jews with...
