Military education in the Soviet Union
There existed an evolved system of military education in the Soviet Union that covered a wide range of ages. The Soviet Armed Forces had many tri-service educational opportunities as well as educational institutions for the Ground Forces, the Air Forces, and the Navy. The Soviet Border Troops, the KGB and the Internal Troops also maintained service academies.
Overview
Higher education
provided higher education to higher officers and officers of specialized kinds of armed force. All able-bodied male students of universities and many other institutions of higher education were subject to training at the Military Faculties to become reservist officers. Soviet professional military education was also available for persons from the Soviet satellite states and from the perceived Soviet sphere of influence among the Third World countries.Enlisted training
All able-bodied males obtained basic and specialized military training during obligatory 2-3 year male draft. There also existed schools for under-officers and sergeants, often part of the draft service for distinguished soldiers, as a step towards the professional military career. Reservists were subject to periodic training exercises of duration 2-6 weeks once in several years.Other educational/training services
s for boys of 14-17 delivered education in military subjects. Nakhimov Naval Schools were similar to the Suvorov ones, specializing in Navy subjects. Civilians could receive military-related training in military-support organizations DOSAAF and OSOAVIAKHIM.Under the Ministry of Defense
General Staff of the Armed Forces">General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation">General Staff of the Armed Forces
Academies
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- Military Diplomatic Academy
Institutes
- Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense
Engineering
- Voronezh Higher Military Engineering College of Radio Electronics
- Cherepovets Higher Military Engineering College of Radio Electronics
Special communications
- Shtemenko Krasnodar Military Institute
Specialists
- 8th Central Officer Refresher Courses for Officers of Mobilization Bodies of the Armed Forces
Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation
- Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots
- Odessa Higher Military Combined Command Engineering School of Air Defense
- Odessa Higher United Military School
- Simferopol United Military School
- 5th Central Courses for the Training and Improvement of Aviation Personnel
Office of the Chief of Space Facilities">Russian Space Forces">Office of the Chief of Space Facilities
- A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Engineering School
- Riga Higher Military Political School
Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy
Academies
- Lenin Military-Political Academy
Military-Political
- Donetsk Military Political College of Engineers and Signal Corps
- Kiev Naval Political College
- Lviv Military-Political School
- Minsk Higher Military-Political School
- Riga Higher Military Political School
- Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction School
- Kurgan Higher Military-Political Aviation School
- Leningrad Higher Military-Political School of Air Defense named after Yuri Andropov
- Novosibirsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School named after the 60th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution
- Sverdlovsk Higher Military-Political Tank-Artillery School named after Leonid Brezhnev
- Simferopol Higher Military-Political Construction School
Under other departments
- Military Institute of Physical Culture
- Military Institute of Military Conductors
- Leningrad Higher Military Topographic Command School
- Military Law Department of the Military Institute
Rear of the Soviet Army">Rear of the Russian Armed Forces">Rear of the Soviet Army
Academies
- Military Academy of Logistics and Transport
Command
- Moscow Higher Command School of Road and Engineering Troops
Rear
- Volsky Higher Military School of Logistics
- Gorky Higher Military School of Logistics named after Ivan Bagramyan
Engineering
- Ulyanovsk Higher Military Technical School named after Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Under the [Soviet Army]
Combined Arms Institutions
Academies
- Frunze Military Academy
Command
- Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School
- Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School
- Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School
- Kiev Higher Combined Arms Command School
- Moscow Higher Military Command School
- Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School
Tank Forces
Academies
- Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy
Command
- Tashkent Higher Tank Command School
- Blagoveshchenskoye Higher Tank Command School
- Kazan Higher Tank Command School
- Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command Squadron Red Banner, Order of the Red Star School named after V. И. Lenin
- Kharkiv Guards Higher Tank Command School
- Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School named after the 50th anniversary of the Great October Revolution
Engineering
- Kiev Higher Tank Engineering School
- Omsk Higher Tank Engineering School
Rocket and Artillery Forces ([GRAU])
Academies
- Kalinin Military Artillery Academy
Command
- Kolomensky High Artillery Command School
- Leningrad Higher Artillery Command School
- Odessa Higher Artillery Command School
- Sumy Higher Artillery Command School
- Tbilisi Higher Artillery Command School
- Khmelnytsky Higher Artillery Command School
Command-Engineering
- Kazan Higher Military Command-Engineering School
- Saratov Higher Military Command-Engineering School
Signal Troops">Russian Signal Troops">Signal Troops
Academies
- Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps
Command
- Kemerovo Higher Military Command Liaison School
- Novocherkassk Higher Military Command School of Communications
- Poltava Higher Military Command School
- Ryazan Higher Military Command School of Communications
- Tomsk Higher Military Command School of Communications
- Ulyanovsk Higher Military Command School of Communications
Engineering
- Kiev Higher Military Engineering School of Communications
- Leningrad Higher Military Engineering School
Engineering Forces">Russian Engineer Troops">Engineering Forces
Academies
- Kuybyshev Military Engineering Academy named
Command
- Kamenets-Podolsk Higher Military Engineering Command School
- Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School
Engineering
- Kaliningrad Higher School of Engineering
Chemical Troops">Russian NBC Protection Troops">Chemical Troops
Academies
- Timoshenko NBC Protection Military Academy
Command
- Kostroma Higher Military Command School of Chemical Defense
- Tambov Higher Military Command School of Chemical Defense
Engineering
- Saratov Higher Military Engineering School of Chemical Defense
Air Defence Troops of the Ground Forces">Air Defence Troops of the Russian Ground Forces">Air Defence Troops of the Ground Forces
Academies
- Vasilevsky Military Academy of Army Air Defence Forces
Command
- Leningrad Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School
- Orenburg Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School
- Poltava Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School
Engineering
- Kiev Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Engineering School
- Smolensk Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Engineering School
Airborne Forces">Soviet airborne">Airborne Forces
Command
Academies
- Zhukov Air and Space Defence Academy
- Govorov Military Radio Engineering Academy
Command
- Gorky Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School
- Dnepropetrovsk Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School
- Ordzhonikidze Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School
- Engels Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School of Air Defense
- Yaroslavl Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Defence School
- Vilnius Higher Command School of Radio Electronics
- Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School
Command and engineering
- Zhytomyr Higher School of Radio Electronics
- Pushkin Higher School of Air Defense
Engineering
- Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-aircraft Missile School
- Kiev Higher Engineering Radio Engineering School
Pilots
- Armavir Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots
- Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots
Under the [Soviet Air Force]
Academies
- Gagarin Air Force Academy
- Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
Aviation/Air Assault
- Balashov Higher Military Aviation School
- Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School
- Borisoglebsk Higher Military Aviation School
- Eisk Higher Military Aviation School
- Kachin Higher Military Aviation School
- Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School
- Saratov Higher Military Aviation School
- Syzran Higher Military Aviation School
- Tambov Higher Military Aviation School
- Ufa Higher Military Aviation School
- Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School
- Chernigov Higher Military Aviation School
- Lugansk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators
- Chelyabinsk Red Banner Military Aviation Institute of Navigators
Engineering
- Voronezh Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
- Daugavpils Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
- Irkutsk Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
- Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy
- Riga Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
- Tambov Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
- Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School
- Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School of Radio Electronics
Medium Technical Aviation
- Achinsk Military Aviation Technical School
- Vasilkovskoe Military Aviation Technical School
- Kaliningrad Military Aviation Technical School
- Kirov Military Aviation Technical School
- Lomonosov Military Aviation Technical School
- Perm Military Aviation Technical School
Under the [Soviet Navy]
Academies
- Gretchko Naval Academy
- Higher Special Officer Classes
Command
- M. V. Frunze Naval College
- Kaliningrad Higher Naval School
- Caspian Higher Naval School
- Pacific Higher Naval School
- Black Sea Higher Naval School
- Lenin Komsomol Submarine Navigation Higher Naval School
Engineering
- Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval Engineering School
- Leningrad Higher Naval Engineering School named after Lenin
- Sevastopol Higher Naval Engineering School
- Higher Naval School of Radio Electronics named after Alexander Stepanovich Popov
Secondary and primary vocational education
- Auxiliary Fleet
- Lomonosov Naval School
Under of the [Strategic Missile Forces]
Academies
- Dzerzhinsky Missile Force Academy
Engineering
- Serpukhov Higher Military Command and Engineering School of Rocket Forces named after the Lenin Komsomol
- Krasnodar Higher Military Command and Engineering School of the Missile Forces
- Perm Higher Military Command and Engineering Red Banner School of Missile Forces
- Rostov Higher Military Command and Engineering School of Missile Forces
- Kharkov Higher Military Command and Engineering School of Missile Forces
- Stavropol Higher Military Engineering School of Communications named after the "60th anniversary of Great October"
Under the Ministry of Internal Affairs">Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Internal Affairs
Internal Troops
Command
- Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School of the Internal
- Ordzhonikidze Higher Military Command School of the Internal Troops named after S.M. Kirov
- Perm Higher Military Command School of the Internal Troops
- Saratov Higher Military Command School of the Internal Troops named after Dzerzhinsky
Rear
- Kharkov Higher Military School of Logistics of the Internal Troops
Military-political
- Leningrad Higher Political-School of Internal Troops named after the 60th anniversary of the Komsomol
Under the [KGB]
- Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB
- Higher Courses of the KGB
- Higher Courses of the KGB
- Higher Courses of the KGB
- Higher Courses of the KGB
- Higher Courses of the KGB
- Higher Courses of the KGB of the USSR
- Higher Courses of the KGB of the USSR
- Higher Courses of the KGB of the USSR
[First Chief Directorate]
- Yuri Andropov Institute of the KGB
Third Chief Directorate">Military counterintelligence of the Soviet Army">Third Chief Directorate
- Courses of Military Counterintelligence
[Soviet Border Troops]
- Higher Border Command Courses
Command
- Higher Border Command School of the KGB named after Dzerzhinsky
- Moscow Border Guards Institute of the Border Defence Forces of the KGB "Moscow City Council"
Military-political
- Voroshilov Higher Border Military-Political School of the KGB
Government Liaison Troops
Command
- Oryol "Mikhail Kalinin" Higher Military Command School of Communications of the KGB
Under the [Ministry of Medium Machine Building]
- Volga Higher Military Construction Command School
Under the Ministry of Construction in the Eastern Regions
- Khabarovsk Higher Military Construction School
Secondary Schools under the Ministry of Defense
- Suvorov Military School
- *Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School
- *Kazan Suvorov Military School
- *Moscow Suvorov Military School
- *Moscow Military Music College
- *Leningrad Suvorov Military School
- *Kalinin Suvorov Military School
- *Ussuriysk Suvorov Military School
- *Kiev Suvorov Military School
- *Minsk Suvorov Military School
- Nakhimov Naval School
- *Nakhimov Naval School
Secondary schools under the Ministry of Higher Education">Ministry of Higher Education (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Higher Education
- Republican Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training named after Hero of the Soviet Union Baurzhan Momyshuly
- Republican Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Republican Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Republican Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Republican Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Republican Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Republican Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Republican special boarding school with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training named after the 60th anniversary of the Communist Party of Kirghizia
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training
- Special Boarding School with in-depth study of the Russian language and enhanced military-physical training