Junker (Russia)

Junker (Russia)

Junker (Юнкер in Russian, or yunker) has several meanings in the Imperial Russia. The word is from the German language, where it means "young lord".

• Junker was a military rank for junior officers of dvoryan descent since 1902.
• Junker was the rank for a volunteer at military service (вольноопределяющийся, volno-opredelyayuščiysya) in the Russian Navy in 19th and 20th centuries.
• Kamer-Junker (cf. German Kammerjunker) was a courtier title defined in the Table of Ranks, generally equating to valet de chambre or Groom of the Chamber.
• Junker was a term for students of any military or junker school in between 1864 and 1917.