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	Cantonist Details, Meaning Cantonist Article and Explanation Guide
		Cantonists (Russian language: Кантонисты) were Jewish conscriptss forced to serve in the Russian army for 25 years or more, according to the law signed by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia on August 26, 1827.
		The vast majority of Jews came along to the Russian Empire as an unwelcome "side effect" of the territories acquired as a result of the Partitions of Poland of the 1790s; their civil rights were severely restricted (see Pale of Settlement) and most lacked knowledge of the official Russian language.
		The Cantonist institutions existed before the 1827 in order to help Christian boys whose fathers were serving in the army, to prepare them for prospective service, but the new law redesigned them to affect Jews.
	www.e-paranoids.com /c/ca/cantonist.html (472 words)

	Cantonist at AllExperts
		Cantonists (German: Kantonist, or a person living in a canton) were recruits in Prussia in 1733-1813, liable for draft in one of the cantons.
		The vast majority of Jews entered the Russian Empire as an unwelcome side effect of the territories acquired as a result of the Partitions of Poland of the 1790s; their civil rights were severely restricted (see Pale of Settlement) and most lacked knowledge of the official Russian language.
		The Cantonist institutions existed before 1827 in order to prepare Christian boys whose fathers were in the army for prospective service, but the new law redesigned them to affect Jews.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/cantonist.htm (626 words)

	Definition of Cantonist
		Cantonists (Russian language: Кантонисты) were Jewish conscripts forced to serve in the Russian army for 25 years or more, according to the law signed by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia on August 26, 1827.
		The vast majority of Jews came along to the Russian Empire as an unwelcome "side effect" of the territories acquired as a result of the Partitions of Poland of the 1790s; their civil rights were severely restricted (see Pale of Settlement) and most lacked knowledge of the official Russian language.
		The Cantonist institutions existed before the 1827 in order to help Christian boys whose fathers were serving in the army, to prepare them for prospective service, but the new law redesigned them to affect Jews.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Cantonist (515 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cantonists (Russian language: Кантонисты, the term adapted from Prussia for "recruiting district") were sons of Russian conscripts who from 1805 were educated in special "canton schools" (Кантонистские школы) for future military service (the schools were called garrison schools in the 18th century).
		The Cantonist institutions existed before 1827 in order to prepare Christian or Muslim boys whose fathers were serving in the army, for prospective service, but the new law redesigned them to include Jews.
		The Cantonist policy was abolished by Tsar Alexander II's decree on the 26th of August 1856, in the aftermath of the Russian defeat in the Crimean war, which made evident the dire necessity for the modernisation of the Russian military forces.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Cantonist_Laws (1420 words)

	The Cantonists The Jewish Children's Army of The Tsar by Larry Domnitch
		In The Cantonists, Larry Domnitch researches the history of the thousands of Jewish boys who were seized by the tsar's army.
		Cantonists had to serve for 25 years after reaching the age of 25, so it is not surprising that many forgot their Jewish ancestry and were only vaguely reminded by triggered memories of special events.
		The enlightened Alexander II abolished the cantonist system in 1856, and Merimzon was sent to Moscow as a joiner's apprentice.
	home.comcast.net /~milechai/cantonist.html (722 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Cantonist
		The vast majority of Jews entered the Russian Empire as an unwelcome side effect of the territories acquired as a result of the Partitions of Poland of the 1790s; their civil rights were severely restricted (see Pale of Settlement) and most lacked knowledge of the official Russian language.
		The Cantonist institutions existed before 1827 in order to prepare Christian boys whose fathers were in the army for prospective service, but the new law redesigned them to affect Jews.
		The policy was abolished in 1855, with the death of Nicholas I. It is estimated that between 30,000 to 70,000 Jewish boys served as the cantonists; most never returned to their homes.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Cantonist (648 words)

	The True Story of an Archangelsk Cantonist Soldier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The older Cantonists, between the ages of twelve and fifteen, were tortured for longer durations.
		The manifesto of Tsar Alexander II on August 26, 1856 forbade the taking of underage Jewish children to be Cantonists, and it was soon ordered that all the boys in Cantonist battalions be released and returned to their original status.
		The directive that concerned them ordered that the older Cantonists who had reached the age of eighteen were to be assigned to serve in the regular forces, while the younger ones were enrolled in the War Department academies.
	www.jewishmag.com /99mag/cantonist/cantonist.htm (2285 words)

	A Cantonist Passover
		Along with another Cantonist, Mikhail Zaks, he waited for a group to arrive to be transported together down the Volga River to the province of Saratov.
		When the final day of the holiday arrived, the Cantonists were due to leave their temporary paradise and return to the misery that had been their lives for so many years.
		Larry Domnitch is the author of " The Cantonists: The Jewish Children's Army of the Tsar," recently released by Devora Publishing.
	www.jewishmag.co.il /89mag/cantonist/cantonist.htm (992 words)

	The Cantonists The Jewish Children's Army of The Tsar by Larry Domnitch
		The Cantonist were Jewish conscripts forced to serve in the Russian army for 25 years or more, according to the law signed by Tsar Nicholas I of Russia on August 26, 1827.
		The Cantonist era was a terrifying episode in Jewish history, and one that is etched in the collective memory of the Jewish people.
		They also wept for the tens of thousands of other Cantonists who were forced to endure the same hardships, as well as their families, and communities who were forced to endure the losses of so many of their sons and brothers.
	www.basicjudaism.org /cantonist.html (1004 words)

	A Cantonist's Prayer on Yom Kippur
		They also wept for the tens of thousands of other Cantonists who were forced to endure the same hardships, as well as their families and communities.
		Many Cantonists had died from the rigors or had accepted baptism; others were simply lost in Siberia hundreds of miles from their homes.
		Larry Domnitch is the author of 'The Cantonists: The Jewish Children's Army of the Czar', recently released by Devora Publishing.
	www.aish.com /jewishissues/jewishsociety/A_Cantonists_Prayer_on_Yom_Kippur.asp (1003 words)

	An Unforgettable Passover - By Larry Domnitch
		One day, at the age of eleven, he was literally snatched from his home and forced to face years of persecution as a Cantonist.
		of the holiday arrived, the Cantonists were due to leave their temporary paradise and return to the misery that had been their lives for so long.
		Larry Domnitch is the author of “The Cantonists: The Jewish Children’s Army of the Tsar,” released by Devora Publishing.
	www.kosherdelight.com /KDMagApril306LarryDomnitchPesach.shtml (914 words)

	Russia Empire Laws Affecting Jews
		Jews from the age of eighteen and upward shall be assigned to active military duty according to their physical conditions, as ordered by the military command.
		The cantonists underwent a trough regime of military drill and Russian education; at the age of eighteen they were drafted to the regular army where they served the full twenty-five-year term.
		The objective of this system was to alienate the Jewish youth from their families and religion; they were forbidden to practice Judaism, speak their native Yiddish and were obliged to attend classes in Christian dogma and ritual.
	www.ldorvdor.net /laws.html (2009 words)

	netthesis.a
		Boys as young as ten were kidnapped and taken to the Cantonist Battalions.
		Between the years of 1827 and 1854, approximately 70,000 Jewish men were conscripted, 50,000 of which were minors and sent first to the cantonist battalions (Stanislawski 1983: 25).
		According to Stanislawski, the primary intent of this policy was the conversion of as many of the soldiers and cantonist children as possible from Judaism to Russian Orthodoxy.
	www.lclark.edu /~soan/joey/netthesis.a.html (2433 words)

	Jewish Books - Larry Domnitch
		Because I couldn't find information about this time period without digging for it - and was afraid their story would be lost.
		"The Cantonist" opens a door into tragic and very significant era in Jewish history which most people know little about.
		I searched thought various libraries for original sources in Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew, about the Cantonist.
	www.jewishbook.us /larry_domnitch.html (132 words)

	netthesis.e
		Had he been a boy in Nicholas' Russia, he might be taken off to a Cantonist battalion in a few years.
		Boys of the cantonist battalions were forced to walk long miles.
		The cantonist battalions certainly functioned as both school and religious institution.
	www.lclark.edu /~soan/joey/netthesis.e.html (2842 words)

	The Cantonists: The Jewish Children's Army
		These boys were known as Cantonists, derived from the term 'canton,' referring to the districts where they were sent and the barracks in which they were kept.
		Nicholas used the Cantonist system to single out Jewish children for persecution, their baptism being a high priority to him.
		Nicholas's successor, Alexander II, canceled the punishment for the entire detachment, and only those of the Cantonists who had complained were assigned to garrison battalions in Siberia.
	www.jewishpress.com /print.do/16570/The_Cantonists:_The_Jewish_Children's_Army.html (2139 words)

	Selected Sermon
		These young men, called 'Cantonists,' were typically drafted at the age of 12 and served in the Russian army for 25 years.
		Just before services were to begin, a group of Cantonists walked into the shul, and announced that one of them would lead the davening.
		Enthusiasm, fervor, and willingness to sacrifice are admirable traits.
	www.nhbz.org /sermons_detail.asp?sermonid=49 (983 words)

	A Cantonist Passover
		Merimzon and the other Cantonist, who also held stubbornly on to his faith, became friendly and began to converse.
		"You were in the Cantonists and able to remain Jews?" He bid them not to leave and told them he would soon return.
		Merimzon and his friend stood there in bewilderment wondering; who was this man? "We'll see," Merimzon said to his comrade.
	www.jewishmag.com /89mag/cantonist/cantonist.htm (992 words)

	Law #769 from the Levanda Index - Copyright © 2002 Michael Steinore
		Cantonists could be Jews or non-Jews, therefore the word "Jew" does not appear in this excerpt, as it does in almost every other law in Levanda's book.
		The non-Christian children of soldiers and sailors who accepted the Christian faith while in the military, cannot revert to remain in the previous faith of their parents and relatives, but can be accepted in the care of persons of the Christian faith.
		These measures extend to military Cantonists and all other departments.
	www.angelfire.com /ms2/belaroots/l769.htm (178 words)

	JERUSALEM 0
		Even for this small privileged group certain parts of the city were off bounds save for the cantonists who were allowed to reside wherever they willed because of their lifelong service in the Russian Army.
		The cantonists represented a sorry Jewish chapter in nineteenth century Russia.
		They were the young Jewish lads who were snatched from their parents when only 9 and 10 years old and were forced to serve in the Czar's army for stints of thirty, forty and fifty years.
	www.riets.edu /riets/idata/torah_riets/articles.asp?ID=53 (1009 words)

	Peace and Love - Torah.org
		The Chofetz Chaim rose from his seat and was about to make his way to the fellow's table, when the innkeeper stopped him.
		He was taken from his home by force at age seven and worked on a Siberian farm until age 18.
		The Chofetz Chaim's sincere words, spoken from a mouth that was holy and pure, touched the Cantonist to the depths of his soul.
	www.torah.org /features/spirfocus/peaceandlove.html?print=1 (1621 words)

	Becomes Rebbe - The Tzemach Tzedek
		It also spoke of the great influence of the Rabbi of Lubavitch on all the Jews living within "the pale of [Jewish] settlement" of the Russian Empire and of the manner in which he constantly tried to improve their material living conditions.
		Third, to send special trustworthy people to the places where the cantonist children were stationed to encourage and urge them to remain faithful to their religion and to their people.
		Besides instructing the Jews there in the study of the Torah and the fear of G-d in accordance with Chassidic teachings, he inspired them to rise to a high level of brotherly love, mutual help and generally high moral conduct.
	www.chabad.org /article.asp?aid=110451 (1378 words)

	The Maskilim Form Assimilation Societies
		When the Cantonist Law was extended to Jews, consternation spread among the Jewish people.
		The letter stated that he sent spies and organized groups to foment revolution among the Jewish soldiers and Cantonists, he urged Jews to disobey the law to attend Christian schools, and threatened excommunication of those who obey the law.
		The letter concluded with a suggestion that an investigation by expert agents be instituted to reveal the machinations of the Rabbi and his revolutionary cohorts.
	jewish-history.com /Chabad/haskalah3.html (2550 words)

	FJC \| News
		Since 1827, after Tsar Nikolai I instituted the Cantonist decree, which entailed the forced recruitment of Jewish youngsters into the Russian Army, Perm became a major center of Cantonist service.
		The Jewish community of Rostov-on-Don aims to permit and encourage local Jews to observe Jewish rituals and a Jewish lifestyle, to provide humanitarian aid to persons in need, and to engage Jews of all ages in the life – social, humanitarian, educational, religious and cultural – of the Jewish community.
		There were 410 Jews living here in 1873, many of them Cantonists that were skilled craftsmen and laborers.
	www.fjc.ru /news/archives.asp?media=80241 (377 words)

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