General Staff Academy (Russian Empire)

According to Peter Kenez, "The Nicholas Academy, or Staff College, gave the highest military education in Russia.

The academy used to employ theoreticians and historians, such as Mikhail Dragomirov, Dmitry Milyutin, Alexander Myshlayevsky.

Also several Estonian military leaders, such as Johan Laidoner, Jaan Soots and Andres Larka, came from General Staff Academy.

In the summer of that same year, the academy was evacuated to Kazan, where its staff would join the Volunteer Army of Admiral Kolchak.

The term was reintroduced in 1936, when the Voroshilov Military Academy of the USSR Army General Staff was established.