[3] On 20 January 1949, the Council of Ministers reorganized it into the Republican School for Advanced Training of Officers of the Local Air Defense Units (abbreviated to the MPVO).

On 9 December 1992, Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar signed a government decree establishing the academy in the basis of the Central Command and Control Center and the Civil Defense Courses of the RSFSR.

[4] Graduates of the academy have led the national response to civil catastrophes such as the Russian apartment bombings and the collapse of Transvaal Park.

They have also provided assistance during natural disasters in Turkey, Colombia, South Ossetia, Afghanistan, Chechnya,[5] Yugoslavia and other countries.

The academy maintains a cadet military band, which was founded on 1 September 1999 on the basis of a directive by Minister Sergey Shoygu on 16 July of that year.