SOVIET MILITARY SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES

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• Publication Date: May 20, 1952
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SUBJECT Soviet Military Schools and Academies
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1. The military schools in t,};e liSSR can be divided into two groups:
officer candidate schools and military academies,
Cfficer Candidate Schools
2, There are Many officer candidate schools in the USSRe The
entrance re._uirements for civilian ap.~licants are lU years
of education, a clean oolitical record, and an examinations
Requirements for non-cotnr~i;csioned officers entering schools
from services are eil=l,t years of education, practical army
experience, and an examination. Almost all of these schools
have t.ro courses: one for civilian applicaNts which lasts
three years, and the vt,h~,:r for NCOs with army experience
which lasts two years. At,t,endance at these schools varies
from 300 to more i~,han 1000 students. There may be 100 to 300
rzraduates from each school annually, Upon graduation students
are commis:>ioned second lieutenants and assigned to the line
units ac platoon commanders. .`.lmo~t every large city in the
USSR has one or several o:''ficer candidate schools. I know
i?io.cow Infantry School. T~ is is located in I?ioscow and is
t': e oldest Russian officer candidate school. Curriculum:
Infan:try tactics and infantry weapons.
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Kiev Infantry
and weapon's.r'F
During WWII l-
School. Located in Kiev. Infantr tactics
Phis school was identified
;was transferrer? to some o er oca on.
~~her it was moved back to Kiev after the war.
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Ryazan Mac
'Gun School. Located in Ryazan It
teaches maeh`'~'e~gun tactics and nomenclature of Soviet Army
machineguris~~ ~t~raduates are assigned as platoon leaders
with infa~'" y~ 'chine gun companies .
First Moscow{f'tillery School: Field artillery tactics
and nomenclatt,~re of field artillery pieces and field
Second Mos_GOws
under (d)_i
and hncw that,` t was later transferred to some other
location. ~i ~ k~aVe no further information.
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Leningrad ~Ele;e'ti^o-technical School. Located in Leningrad.
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Allegedly ;prep res e7.ectro-tecanicians .for remote control
equipment.'i Inaddition to tiZis, prepares platoon. leaders
for AAMG companies.
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rtillery School: ~he same currl.culum as
Kiev Artiller`:~iSchool: .Field artillery tactics. Iden-
tified in'19'4~.~'
Leningrad Artillery-Technical School ("LATU"). The school
is located; ii(Leningrad and has three faculties: optical
equipment'i'(ins:~rumpntal'n y), pyrotechnical, and mechanical
(spetsiyalisty~po pushkam~. I do not know whether this
school was a~ ~iversal artillery-technical school for a.ll
types of artillery or solely for AAA. I know that the
emphasis was;;p~haced on AA artillery. Graduates of this
school were asy~~igned as chiefs of artTillery maintenance
shops witYi artillery regiments, as optica]. equipment
teehniciaris,~p"~otechnicians, gun mechanics, and as
specialists for~all kind of gun maintenance.
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Chkalov AAA S'e'{ool. Located in Chkalov. Curriculwn:
AAA tactics ~an~ nomenclature of small and medium caliber
AA guns. ~GraM 'ates are assigned as platoon commanders
with AA units;;-equipped with 37- and 85-mrn AA guns.
Balcu AAA Scho,o ~. Located in Daku. curriculum as in h_7
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Tomsk AAP_I'SeYio'o This is the former Gorkiy AAA School
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which was tra ~ferred to Tomsk in 1950 after its building
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was occt~piedlb? j the newly created Gorkiy Military District
Headquarters.i';fit was composed of four battalions each
with four'batte~ies. Total attendance was 1500 students.
Number oftgradates annually was 250. Curriculum: AAA
tactics and nomenclature of small and medium caliber
AA guns . ~ ~~ :~
Dnepropet ovsk AAA School. This school was or anized in
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Dnepropetrovsk after the war. (It may have been trans-
ferred from some other locality such as Sevastopol). It
had the same'eurriculum and attendance as Tomsk School.
Kiev Tank ~,Sch ~?1. Tank and tactics of rr.echanized units and
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(nj Chkalov Aviation School. Located in Chkalov. A-riation-
technical and flight school. I have no i"urther information.
(o) Leningrad Naval School. Located in Leningrad. Four year.
course.
(?p) Sevastopol' Naval School imeni Lenin Komsomol. Identified
in Sevastopol in 1840.
(q) Kiev Signal School imeni Kalinin. Identified in Kiev
in 1940.
(r) Gorltiy Political School. Located in Gorki Two year
course. Graduates are assigned as deputy commanders
(political) in company size units.
_ ., _, .Mili'tary Academies
3? These are higher military schools for offjeers below the age
of 30 years who have practical army experience. The entrance
requirements vary accord~.ng to the specialty taught at the
academy, but generally they are rather stiff and the system of
selection is r?igYd. Graduates of these academies are given
better chances for advancement and other privileges and there-
fore officers are very eager to attend these schools. I
know about the following academies in the USSR:
(a)
Frunze Academy 3.n Moscow. This is a War College preparing
high level ground force commanders. The course lasts
five years. The attendance is sever. al hundred officers.
It was organized immediately after the 1917 revolution
and at that time it was Icnovrn as the Red Cormnanders
School (Shkola Itrasnylch Komandirov).
(b)
Voroshilov Higher Military Academy. I have no information
available except the name.
(c)
Kalinin War Academy. Located in Moscow. This is an
academy for rear services. The course ].acts three or
four years.
(d)
Academy for Military Justj.ce. This is the school for
fudge advocates. Tt is located in Moscow. The course lasts
four years.
(e)
Military Engineering School imeni Zhdanova. Located in
Leningrad. This is an electro-technical academy where a
course lasts four years,
(f)
Higher Military Pedagogical Institute imeni Kalinina.
This is a high military political academy preparing deputy
commanders-political of tactical units (battalion up to
division). It is located in Leningrad and the course
?lasts four years.
(g)
Military Transportation Academy imeni Kaganovich. It is
located in Moscow. I have no further information.
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ln~enaance Academy imeni Molotova. There are two inte
dance academies of the same type. One is located ir,.
Moscow and the other in Kalinin. I do not know which
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one
is actually called "imeni ;~olotova". Tt prepares high
level
quartermaster and finance officers. The caurse lasts
three
or four years.
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(~) Military Engineering Academy. Located at present in
Kuybyshev where it was transferred during or after the
war. I have no further information.
(k) Tank and Mechanized Forces Academy imeni Staling. It is
located'in Moscow. The course lasts five years.
(1) Aviation Engineering Academy imeni Zhukovskogo. It is
located'in Moscow. The course lasts ,five years. I have
no additional information. .
(m) Signal Corps Academy imeni Budenogo. (Akade~riya Sluzhby
Svyazi)'.' It is located in Leningradq The course lasts
four years.
(n) Academy', for Chemical Defense imeni Voroshilova (Voyenno-
Khimicheskaya Qkademiya). Tt was organized in the late
thirties in Moscow. The course lasts four years.
(o) Milit~...f Political Academy imeni Lenina. It ,is in Moscow.
No other information available.
(p) Army Language School (Voyennyh Institut Inostrannykh
Yazykov). It is located in Moscow. The course lasts
five or six years. "
(q) AAA Academy. Tt is located in Yevpatoriya, This was a
" college level officer school preparing high commanders
of AAA units. Four faculties were organized in this school:
one for battery commanders; one for AAA battalion and
regimental chiefs of staff; one for AAA battalion commai~aers;
and one'for AAA regiment commanders. This was the only
academy,of its type in the USSR,
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