Monte Melkonian Military College

Officially, Military and Sports College named after Monte Melkonian (Armenian: Մոնթե Մելքոնյանի անվան ռազմամարզական վարժարան), is a high school and military educational institution operated by the Ministry of Defence of Armenia. It was founded in 1993 in Yerevan and is currently based in Dilijan since its relocation in 2017. The college is named after Lieutenant-Colonel Monte Melkonian, a National Hero of Armenia killed in 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2] Currently, 194 cadets are enrolled in the college, who come from all over Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh. The current director of the college is Gegham Sargsyan.[3]

Military and Sports College named after Monte Melkonian
Մոնթե Մելքոնյանի անվան ռազմամարզական վարժարան
Former name
Military Boarding School of the Ministry of Education of Armenia
TypeHigh School
Established1993 (1993)
AffiliationMinistry of Defence
Academic affiliation
Ministry of Education and Science
PresidentGegham Sargsyan
Vice-presidentColonel Alexan Minasyan
Students210
Address
Parz Lich Street 5
,
Dilijan[1]
,
Armenia
LanguageArmenian, Russian

History

The school was founded in 1993 and was renamed after Monte Melkonian on July 28, 1994 following his death the previous year. The school was transferred to the Ministry of Defence of Armenia in 1997, and was rebuilt as a secondary educational institution, similar to the Moscow Suvorov Military School in Russia and the Minsk Suvorov Military School in Belarus.

Since 2010, the college has been using a 2-year general education program from 10th to 12th grade. On January 27, 2013, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan transferred the administration of the college to the Ministry of Defense. On November 21, 2017, President Serzh Sargsyan attended the opening ceremony of the new facility of the school in the town of Dilijan, in memory of the 60th anniversary of Melkonian's birth.[4][5][6][7][8]

The academy facility

The school's main facility is located in the spa town of Dilijan, containing a training center, as well as an athletics hall, where cadets can play basketball, tennis, chess, and soccer. The facility also has a technology center, which provides information to cadets as well materials for their classes. The college's budget covers the food, the dormitories and the uniform of the cadets.

List of directors
  • Lieutenant Colonel Alexan Minasyan - (March 14, 1994 – July 29, 1997)
  • Major Siran Minasyan - (July 29, 1997 – March 18, 2002)
  • Colonel Armen Sargsyan - (September 2, 2002 – September 9, 2005)
  • Colonel Roland Keleshyan - (September 9, 2005 – July 23, 2007)
  • Colonel Vitaly Voskanyan - (July 23, 2007 – August 30, 2017)
  • Gegham Sargsyan (interim) - (August 30, 2017 – present)

See also

References
  1. Military and Sports Sports College named after Monte Melkonian
  2. "Yerevan Monte Melkonian Military Academy, Yerevan Armenia, MBA, MSc, ranking, scholarships 2018". MBA Spectrum. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  3. Մոնթե Մելքոնյանի անվան վարժարան այս տարի ընդունվել է 210 աշակերտ
  4. "Monte Melkonian military school opens in Dilijan | A1plus News from Armenia". en.a1plus.am. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  5. "ՀՀ ՊՆ - Monte Melkonian Educational Complex inaugurated". mil.am. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  6. "President attends official opening of newly built educational complex after Monte Melkonian in Dilijan - Press releases - Updates - The President of Armenia [the official site]". president.am. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  7. http://razminfo.do.am/publ/hh_pn_mont'e_melqonyani_anvan_r'azmamarzakan_varjharan/1-1-0-5
  8. "Military Academy Building Inaugurated in Dilijan". Asbarez.com. Retrieved 2018-06-05.

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