Native Tongues and Foreign Languages in the Education of the Russian Nobility: The Case of the Noble Cadet Corps (1730s-1760s)
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2018
- handle: 10670/1.2j1f6d
- isbn: 978-1-78188-370-9
- hal: hal-04149687
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Vladislav Rjeoutski, « Native Tongues and Foreign Languages in the Education of the Russian Nobility: The Case of the Noble Cadet Corps (1730s-1760s) », HAL-SHS : histoire, ID : 10670/1.2j1f6d
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This chapter deals mainly with one question: the choice of languages to learn in the major Russian educational institution for the nobility, the Noble Infantry Cadet Corps in St Petersburg, in the first period of its existence (1731-62). A combination of various sources gives us some idea of the evolution of language learning at the Corps over the period and the reasons why a given language was learned to a greater or lesser extent. The choice of languages to learn depended, indeed, on various factors, such as: the educational model followed by the Corps; the national origins and cultural outlook of the pupils and teachers; the organization of non-linguistic teaching; and, more broadly, considerations about the cultural and social value of given languages in the Russian Empire in general and, more specifically, for the two major ethnic groups (Russian and Baltic German) of nobility present at the Corps.