The course extended over two years. The instruction was aimed at action in regiments, and included such subjects as strategy, military science, topography, administration, artillery, fortifications, legal knowledge, hygienics and drawing, together with religion, Russian, French, German, mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemistry, history, economy, political science and psychology as subjects of general education.
In practice, noble ancestry and completion of a course in a cadet school or some other military institution were the main requirements for admittance. Mannerheim had passed the matriculation examination, thus complementing the course of the Cadet School from where he had been dismissed. He completed his military training by the autumn 1889.
COURSE OF LIFE | FAMILY | TIME OF GROWTH | MILITARY CAREER | WAR OF INDEPENDENCE | REGENT 1918-1919 | CIVILIAN | DEFENCE COUNCIL | COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF 1939-1946 | PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC 1944-1946 | RETIREMENT | SPECIAL TOPICS | SEARCH