Military academies in Russia

Thus, military academies are educational institutions conducting the advance training career commissioned officer programmes.

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.

Officer wishing to join the program shall comply with the entry requirements illustrated below[1] Officer wishing to join the program shall comply with the entry requirements illustrated below[1] In 1936, Leonid Govorov founded the current General Staff Academy in Moscow.

The "best and the brightest" senior commissioned officers of all forces are selected to attend this most prestigious of all Soviet military academies.

The Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps (Военная академия связи имени Маршала Советского Союза С.М.

Officers in their late twenties up to thirty-two years at the rank of Captain or Major enter if they pass the competitive entry examinations.

In the 1930s, higher academic courses were added to the Frunze curriculum as an advanced training program for previous graduates.

[3] 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] The Mikhailovskaya Artillery Military Academy (Russian: Михайловская военная артиллерийская академия) in Saint Petersburg dates back to 1698.

Military Academy of Field Anti-Aircraft Defense (Russian: Военная академия войсковой противовоздушной обороны имени Маршала Советского Союза А.М.

The Military Logistics Academy (Russian: Военная академия материально-технического обеспечения имени генерала армии А.В.

Timoshenko NBC Protection Military Academy (Военная академия радиационной, химической и биологической защиты имени Маршала Советского Союза С.К.

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.

[9] 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.