FRUNZE MILITARY ACADEMY, MOSCOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600010004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 28, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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_ Most of the students were Soviet
Mayors and. Lieutenant Colonels with Work. War II experience who desired. to reach
positions on the General Staff level. There were also a few off . re from
Bulgaria, Poland and Yugoslavia. All non-Soviet students were requirad to wear
the some Red Army uniforms as the Soviet officers. The building was modern:
about 300 feet long, with 10 or 12 floors, central heating, excellent lighting,
and a te3vphone in nearly every room.
2. The Academy's purpose was to educate officers at General Staff level. The regular
course lasted for a three-year period. Every class was divided into several groups
of not more than 12 to lk students so that every student could receive individual
iantruction. The daily program was as follows:
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Breakfast
Classes
Lunch
Classes
Dinner
St%Aies and preparation
Late Dinner
The students were permitted to leave the Academy only on Saturday. A high degree
of security was maintained, and no papers pertaining to the courses cotl.d. be taken
from the building. There were strict examinations every six months, and any
officers usable to keep abreast were transferred forthwith.
3. The Academy was divided into different departments along the lines of civilian
universities. Each department concerned itself with a specific military specialty,
such as Infantry, General Tactics, Artillery, etc. Each department wan headed up
by at least a Corps General. For the most part, these departmental chiefs were
generals who comer Jed a Corp. during the wax. Each department bad from 2 to 25
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officered acting an instructors. The matsrial to he eowred over the three-year
...ni?e.e~ Vie. '~?~?..~?~.~.I~. h. n4 I:rem efin+ s to the ine tructors
tarf m*wting fore the tour ea rOnvened, Each department wan organized. into
cabinets. More were presided oger by hig.'a-ranking officers who acted an student
sAy l.morm, mad Saw to it that the ietudent obtat4esd al1 material ne*eatry. for his
studJ.ae:l at the Ae deny, Each e*b.ivAt bad a library cont&ini.ng r+ re;i reference
* teeri,a'~? The entire teaching program vas presante4 on a visual basis. Films and-
grapk410 5kotchass wean used exheaarivaly. These enablel the student to study battle
:sisz1at ..live support, and varied military tactics.
There was 41.so a departmnt for ;politicaal indo-trination wb..ch bad its own cabinote,
The Engels, Marx. Lenin and Stal.1n Vhi.losophias were the basis for political studies.
I 44ut:on to the cebi.nat referee librari* . there w' rc to ether 1ibr , . ;.. Mme
was a main rem .i library where each student haul his o w n desk and demk leap. T
second wpm a military library containing almost warp book of import anco ever wi ttan
on mil.iiaay matters going back to the time of Hannibal. nad Badmeses TT.
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