CADET CORPS DURING THE MILITARY EDUCATION SYSTEM REFORM IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND ITS MODERN REVIVAL
The article focuses on the abolition of cadet corps in the 1860-70s and their modern revival. The author presents ideas of D. A. Milyutin on the reorganization of cadet corps and the reform of the military education system. An attempt is made to analyze the reform of the military education system in the second half of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. The author identifies the cause-and-effect relationship of the reorganization and modern revival of cadet corps in relation to the common interests in training military personnel and defines the nature of their activities as preparatory military institutions in the system of military education.