On the opening of training sessions for infantry courses for the command staff of the Workers ‘and Peasants’ Red Army in Mogilev

The State Archive of the Mogilev Region institution submits the Order on the opening of training sessions for infantry courses for the command staff of the Workers ‘and Peasants’ Red Army in Mogilev. Command infantry courses were organized in Mogilev at the end of 1918 and housed in the building of the former diocesan women’s school on the street. Bykhovskaya. The solemn beginning of classes took place on February 1, 1919. The teachers were former officers of the tsarist army, who went over to the side of the Soviet government. The ranks of the cadets were replenished by the Red Guards, sent by the district military registration and enlistment offices of Mogilev and other provinces. The first graduation of cadets took place on June 15, 1919 and was marked by a rally, which was attended by the chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the USSR M.I. Kalinin.