That's quite interesting, at least to me. Junker is the equivalent German officer candidate rank, the term literally means "squire" in the sense of a man-at-arms who has not yet been knighted. How did that term end up in Georgia?
Indeed. It is German and originaly stood for young nobleman / squire who was yet to receive the accolade. Junker - Jungherr - Junger Herr = young lord. Later on it gained various meaning and political weight, decicively in Prussia and the German Empire. German militaries used the term Fahnenjunker. The Bundeswehr still does.
Imperial Russia adopted 'Junker' in 1864, when they built their first officer schools. It was simply derived from German. Georgian principalities were at the time subjugated and part of the empire. Georgia was also a German protectorate in 1918 and received military aid in the form of troops and advisors, like General Friedrich Kreß von Kressenstein. They significantly contributed in the creation of an army, that later fought against the Soviet invasion in 1921.
The Georgian government decided to continue using the term Junker, in order to honour the cadets who fought and fell in that war.
That's how it is my friend, it's merchant; In Colombia, Merchant Marines are trained at the Naval Cadet School and have military training, but graduate as Senior Officers or Bridge Officers
About 5,000 women serve on the front lines, 107 of them were killed or injured. In general, today 42,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and together with civilian workers - 60,000.
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