The initiative of A. A. Ignatiev in the scorched war of 1943

The article is devoted to the bright memory of the outstanding Russian (Soviet) military diplomat, Lieutenant General Count A. A. Ignatiev, who is now rightfully considered the founder of Suvorov, Nakhimov and cadet education in modern Russia. It was he who, in his letter to the People's Commissar of Defense, Supreme Commander-in-Chief I. V. Stalin, dated April 17, 1943, took the initiative to create a network of secondary military schools in our country on the type of cadet corps. The head of the Soviet state reacted positively to this initiative, and on August 21 of the same year, the Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars No. 901 "On urgent measures to restore housing in areas liberated from German occupation" was issued, which provided "… for the establishment, education and upbringing of children of the Red Army soldiers, partisans of the Patriotic War, as well as children of Soviet and party workers, workers and collective farmers who died at the hands of the German occupiers, to organize in the Krasnodar, Stavropol Territories, Rostov, Stalingrad, Voroshilovgrad, Voronezh, Kharkov, Kursk, Orel, Smolensk and Kalinin regions: nine Suvorov military schools, like the old cadet corps, 500 people in each, a total of 4,500 people with a training period of 7 years, with a closed pansy-on for pupils".