The new Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The new Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ.
St. Petersburg. Synodal printing house. 1907 1122, 18 p. Box, combined [leather, lederine] embossed hardcover, decorated with [spray] cut-off, reduced format (12 x 16 cm). 

Good condition: torn box, tarnished gold embossing, donation on the flyleaf, slightly loose block, on the paragraph paper ex-libris: "This book by Michal Kisner".

A copy with an embossed box with the following content: "Blessing of the Cadet Emperor Alexander II of the corps to Cadet Alexander Dobryshin, 1907"; on the flyleaf of the Testament, an autographed inscription: "Cadet II CL. 2 ed. Alexander Dobryshin. From the cadet Emperor Alexander II corps. Director of the corps, Lieutenant General Kalishevsky.". 

[Kalishevsky Alexander Iosifovich (12.04.1856 - ? [according to information from relatives, he died in 1918.]) - Russian military engineer and educator, Lieutenant General.

Awards: St. Anna 3rd St. with swords and bow (1879), St. Anna 4th St. (1879), St. Stanislaus 2nd St. with swords (1880), St. Anna 2nd St. with swords (1881), St. Vladimir 3rd St. (1894), St. Stanislaus 1st St. (1904), St. Anna 1st St. (1911), St. Vladimir 2nd St. (06.12.1914), White eagle (2-e add.to VP 30.07.1915), the highest gratitude (VP 11.02.1914; for the work in the construction Committee for the construction of the monument to the tercentenary of the reign of the house of Romanov in St. Petersburg).

From January 1, 1909 to January 20, 1917 - Emperor Alexander II cadet corps, Lieutenant General, Director.

Alexander cadet corps : 

11.09.1873 - 3rd Saint Petersburg military gymnasium 

22.06.1882 - Alexander cadet corps 

19.02.1903 - Emperor Alexander II cadet corps.

In September 1873, the 3rd St. Petersburg military gymnasium was founded under the chief chief of military educational institutions, adjutant General N. V. Isakov. Temporarily, until the completion of the building on Manezhnaya square (Bolshaya Sadovaya street), the gymnasium was located in a spacious, wooden, so-called "Arakcheevsky" house. Then a modern building of the Officers ' Assembly was built on this site (corner of Kirochnaya and Liteyny). The first Director was General of artillery P. I. dieterichs the First inspector of classes - P. I. Rogov. In 1877, the gymnasium was moved to a new building.

In 1880, 560 pupils were trained in the gymnasium in 18 departments. order of the military Department No. 151 of 14.06.1886 1. the Alexander cadet corps, established exclusively for externs, was transformed into a boarding school, with a set of 300 cadets, on a General basis, determined By the regulations on cadet corps. In 1886, the neighboring military topographical school and some outbuildings of the engineering Department joined the corps. In September 1886, the first cadet interns were admitted to the 1st class. The first Director of the corps is Colonel A.D. Butovsky.

In 37 years of existence, the hull of the 1250 children who completed the full course, went to military schools — 527, cavalry - 104, in a special -368 and graduated from the corps with a certificate - 251.]