Vystrel course
The Vystrel course (
History
The Higher Rifle School for Command Personnel of the
On December 26, 1926, the training battalion of the Rifle Tactical Courses was used as the basis for the formation of the 2nd Rifle Regiment of the
After the launch of
In 1974 a training course for United Nations peacekeeping military observers was added to the Vystrel. The training of foreign officers continued after the collapse of the USSR, including training for peacekeeping missions.
On 1 November 1998, it was combined with the Frunze Military Academy and the Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy to form the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in accordance with a decree of the government of the Russian Federation.[2] Under the umbrella of the Combined Arms Academy, the courses became the Vystrel Officer Training Center. The training center was abolished during the Russian military reform in 2009.[3]
Commanders
The following commanded the course:[4]
- Nikolay Filatov (1918–1922)
- Pavel Pavlov (1922–1923)
- Nikolay Kuibyshev (1923–1925)
- Grigory Khakhanyan (1925–1927)
- Ivan Smolin (1927–1929)
- Kirill Stutzka (1929–1932)
- Konstantin Goncharuk (1932–1935)
- Leonty Ugryumov (1935–1936)
- Komdiv Alexander Inno (1936–1937)
- Colonel Lev Sosedov (acting, 1937–1938)
- Komdiv Andrey Smirnov (1938–1940)
- Major General Viktor Kosyakin (1940–1941)
- Major General Sergey Smirnov (1941–1945; promoted to Lieutenant General January 1944)
- Colonel General Max Reyter (1946–1950)
- Army General Georgy Zakharov (1950–1953)
- Colonel General Afanasy Beloborodov (1953–1954)
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Meretskov (1954–1955)
- Lieutenant General Pyotr Sobennikov (1955–1959)
- Colonel General Ivan Lyudnikov (1959–1963)
- Army General Yakov Kreizer (1963–1969)
- Lieutenant General David Dragunsky (1969–1986; promoted to Colonel General November 1970)
- Army General Fedot Kryvda (1986–1987)
- Colonel General Ivan Gashkov (1987–1988)
- Colonel General Leonid Generalov (1988–1991)
- Army General Vladimir Shuralyov (1991–1992)
- Colonel General Viktor Novozhilov (1992–1998)
- Lieutenant General Viktor Kochemasov (1998–2006)[5]
Official designation
1918, November 21 — Higher Rifle School for Command Personnel of the
1921, June 7 — Higher Rifle Tactical School for Command Personnel of the
1921, October 13 — Higher Rifle Tactical School for Command Personnel of the
1923, April 24 — Higher Rifle Tactical School for Command Personnel of the
1924, October 9 — Rifle Tactical Courses for Development of Command Personnel of the
1932, May 10 — Rifle Tactical Institute «Vystrel» (Стрелково-тактический институт «Выстрел»)
1935, December 9 — Higher Rifle Tactical Red Banner Courses for Development of Infantry Officers «Vystrel» "Marshal of the Soviet Union B. M. Shaposhnikov" (Высшие стрелково-тактические Краснознамённые курсы усовершенствования офицерского состава пехоты «Выстрел» имени Маршала Советского Союза Б. М. Шапошникова)
1954, ? — Central Order of Lenin and Red Banner Tactical Rifle Courses for Development of Officers of the Soviet Army «Vystrel» "Marshal of the Soviet Union B. M. Shaposhnikov" (Центральные ордена Ленина, Краснознамённые стрелково-тактические курсы усовершенствования офицерского состава Советской Армии «Выстрел» имени Маршала Советского Союза Б. М. Шапошникова)
1963, December 11 — Higher Officer Order of Lenin and Red Banner Courses «Vystrel» "Marshal of the Soviet Union B. M. Shaposhnikov" (Высшие офицерские ордена Ленина, Краснознамённые курсы «Выстрел» имени Маршала Советского Союза Б. М. Шапошникова)
1998, November 1 —
2009, October 14 — the «Vystrel» Training Center was disbanded
2011, December 10 — a Museum of Combat and Labor Glory «Vystrel» (Музей ратной и трудовой славы «Выстрел») was founded in the building of the center's Officers' Club
2015, May 19 — the Minister of Defence signed an order for the formation of a Military Formations Command Personnel Training Center (Центр подготовки руководящего состава соединений) as a successor of the traditions of the «Vystrel»
2016, January 12 — the Military Formations Command Personnel Training Center was reformed into Land Forces Inspection (Инспекция Сухопутных войск)
Note that Vystrel is a word play, both an actual Russian word meaning 'shot' and a
References
Citations
- ^ Reese 2005, pp. 70–71.
- ^ "История" [History] (in Russian). Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Последний "Выстрел"" [After Vystrel]. Interfax (in Russian). 27 February 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Grachev 1994, p. 323.
- ^ "В.В. Кочемасов" [V.V. Kochemasov]. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). Retrieved 2 December 2018.
Bibliography
- Dragunsky, David; et al. (1982). Полевая академия: История высших офицерских орденов Ленина и Октябрьской Революции, Краснознамённых курсов "Выстрел" имени Маршала Советского Союза Б.М. Шапошникова [Field Academy: History of the Vystrel Marshal of the Soviet Union B.M. Shaposhnikov Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution Red Banner Higher Officer Courses] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. OCLC 10432181.
- Grachev, Pavel, ed. (1994). ""Выстрел"" [Vystrel]. Военная энциклопедия в 8 томах [Military Encyclopedia in 8 volumes] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 323. ISBN 5-203-00299-1.
- Reese, Roger R. (2005). Red Commanders: A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918–1991. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-1397-8.