Military academies in Russia
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Russian institutions designated as an "academy" are
At the moment, some military academies also conduct programmes for the training of warrant officers and commissioned officers .
A special case is Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia which is the third (strategic) level of officer training. This academy prepares highest ranking military officers. The educational programme at Military Academy of the General Staff takes 2 years.
Admission
Magistratura (operational-tactical level)
Officer wishing to join the program shall comply with the entry requirements illustrated below[1]
Reached educational level | Years of active duty service as commissioned officer | Military rank (no lower than) | Military position (years of experience) |
Expected number of years of active duty service after graduation until general upper age limit for tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|
Military school or Military training center (tactical level) |
no less than 7 years | captain/captain lieutenant | Major/Captain 3rd rank's positions (1 year at least) |
5 years at least |
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (strategic level)
Officer wishing to join the program shall comply with the entry requirements illustrated below[1]
Reached educational level | Years of active duty service as commissioned officer | Military rank (no lower than) | Military position (years of experience) |
Expected number of years of active duty service after graduation until general upper age limit for tenure |
---|---|---|---|---|
Military academy (operational-tactical level) |
- | Major/Captain 3rd rank | Colonel/Captain 1st rank's positions (1 year at least) |
5 years at least |
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
In 1936,
Magistratura level military academies
General-purpose Military Academies
S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
The S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy (Russian: Военно-медицинская академия им. С. М. Кирова) in Saint Petersburg was established in 1798. Senior medical staff are trained for the Armed Forces and conduct research in military medical services. The institution also provides advanced training for mid-career military medical doctors and trains graduate students to Ph.D. level.
Krasnodar Higher Military School named for Army General S.M. Shtemenko
The academy was founded in 1929. Since 1954, it is located in Krasnodar.
Military University of Radioelectronics
The academy was founded in 1957 in Cherepovets.
Military Academies of the Ground Forces
Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps
The Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps (Военная академия связи имени Маршала Советского Союза С.М. Будённого) was created in 1932 in Leningrad. It is named after Semyon Budyonny. It trains the Russian military's future signals and communications experts.
Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
In 1918 the
In the 1930s, higher academic courses were added to the Frunze curriculum as an advanced training program for previous graduates. Later on, this program became the basis for the "Voroshilov General Staff Academy" and the Frunze Academy refocused upon combined arms ground warfare training at the tactical level. In September 1998 the Frunze Academy and the "Malinovsky Academy" were amalgamated into the
After graduation from Military Educational and Scientific Center, every graduate officer receives a diploma and a silver diamond-shaped badge which has to be worn on the right side of his uniform or civilian clothes above all other military or civilian decorations or ribbon bars.[4]
Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy
The Mikhailovskaya Artillery Military Academy (
Military Academy of Field Anti-Aircraft Defense
Military Academy of Field Anti-Aircraft Defense (Russian: Военная академия войсковой противовоздушной обороны имени Маршала Советского Союза А.М. Василевского) was founded in 1970 in Smolensk.
Military Logistics Academy
The
NBC Protection Military Academy
Timoshenko NBC Protection Military Academy (Военная академия радиационной, химической и биологической защиты имени Маршала Советского Союза С.К. Тимошенко) was established in 1932 in Moscow. It is named after Semyon Timoshenko. Its duties are for the training of officers and NCOs in chemical warfare and defence. It is located in Kostroma in Kostroma Oblast and has now opened its doors to engineering cadets as well.
Formerly known as Marshal
Military Academies of the Aerospace Forces
A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy
This is the academy responsible for the training of officers of the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, the armed forces' youngest branch of service. It was most recently renamed the Military Space Engineering Academy in November 2002.[6]
Zhukov Air and Space Defence Academy
The academy, formed in 1956, is named after
Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy
The Gagarin Military Air Academy is located at Monino, northeast of Moscow, in an area closed to foreigners, nearby the Central Air Force Museum. Almost all the senior officers in the Soviet Air Force have attended this academy. It is charged with the preparation of "command cadres of various aviation specialties and is a research center for working out problems of operational art of the Air Force and tactics of branches and types of aviation."
Military Academies of the Strategic Rocket Forces
Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces
The Academy descended from Mikhailovskaya Artillery Academy of
Dzerzhinsky Academy was moved from Leningrad to Moscow in 1958, the year before the Strategic Rocket Forces were formed.[7] Now named the Dzerzhinsky Missile Force Academy, its main facility was 'located at Kitayskiy Proyezd 9/5, within a block' of the Rossiya Hotel off Red Square.[8] Other sources report that it was in the historical building of the Moscow Orphanage. Officers in command positions in the Strategic Missile Troops would seek admission to this academy. Information about this academy was highly classified. Its two major faculties were "command" and "engineering." The Academy was renamed after Peter the Great in 1997, and its Commandant is now Colonel General (three star) Yuriy F. Kirillov.[9]
Academies of other militarized agencies
Academies of the Federal Security Service
Federal Security Service Academy
Established on 25 December 1921 and relaunched on August 24, 1992, this training academy of the Russian Federal Security Service is mandated for the enhanced education of all FSS personnel in various fields of law enforcement. Since 2007, Colonel General Victor Ostroukhov is its commandant.
Academies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
As part of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, this academy conducts magistratura training programmes for the service of the country's civil defence capabilities and disaster response services.
See also
- Military-focused secondary schools in Russia
- Warrant officer schools of the Russian Armed Forces
- Military commissioning schools in Russia
- Reserve Officer Training in Russia
- Adjunctura in Russia
- Military education in the Soviet Union
- Academy of Foreign Intelligence
References
- ^ a b "Об утверждении Порядка и условий приёма в образовательные организации высшего образования, находящиеся в ведении Министерства обороны Российской Федерации". Order No. 185 of 7 April 2015 (in Russian). Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.
- ^ Scott and Scott, Russian Military Directory 2002, p.205
- ^ "about the Combined Arms Academy". mil.ru official Ministry of Defence web site. Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ "Frunze Academy graduation badge". irnet.ru numismatic site. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ^ Voyennoy-Morskaya Akademiya, Leningrad, 1991, V.N. Ponikarovsky)
- ^ "Military Engineering Institute". Holm, Soviet Armed Forces. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Force". arvsn.mil.ru. Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ Scott and Scott, The Armed Forces of the USSR, Westview Press, 1984, 373.
- ^ Scott and Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004, p.195
External links
- List of Russian military educational institutions
- Military Education, list of military schools and academy at the official Ministry of Defence web site) (in Russian)
- Moscow Defense Brief, 1/2006, January 2006 on current status
- History of GLITs (NII VVS)Testpilot Russia (Russian)
- Soviet Aviation Test Facilities
- Scott, William F., and Harriet Fast Scott. "Education and Training of Soviet Air Forces Officers", Air University Review, November–December 1986, airpower.maxwell.af.mil