The Courses of Improvement for Higher Officers of the Red Army (Russian: Курсы усовершенствования высшего начальствующего состава РККА), also translated as the Course for Perfecting Red Army Command Cadre and commonly known by their Russian acronym KUVNAS,[1] were a training course for senior officers of the Red Army during the interwar period, located at the Frunze Military Academy.
This group included all senior commanders except for those military specialists who had graduated from the Imperial General Staff Academy.
[3] The formation of the Course for the Improvement of Higher Command Personnel (KUVK) at the Military Academy of the Red Army, significantly expanded from its predecessor, was announced by an order of 12 August.
[4] The KUVK was merged with the Military-Political Academic Course (VPAK) on 11 May 1925 to become KUVNAS, which included military and political departments.
[3] A KUVNAS with a seven-month training period was later established at the Military Academy of the General Staff in late 1940.