Moscow Suvorov Military School

The Moscow Suvorov Military School (MsSVU) is a military educational institution of secondary education of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. It was the first of the Suvorov Military Schools founded in the Soviet Union.[1]

Moscow Suvorov Military School
Московское суворовское военное училище
Emblem of the School
MottoLife is for the Motherland, honor for no one!
Typemilitary academy
Established1944 (1944)
RectorLieutenant General Viktor Polyakov
Location
Moscow
,
Russia
LanguageRussian

History

The Moscow Suvorov Military School was formed as the Gorky Suvorov Military School between 4 July 1944 and 1 October 1944. The Gorky Suvorov School was home to the best teachers and experienced military officers in the Red Army. On 30 August 1956, the Gorky Suvorov Military School was relocated to Moscow. Since November 1957, the Moscow Suvorov Military School took part in all military parades that took place on Red Square. In 1964, the school switched to a three-year curriculum. They began to take boys after 8th grade at the age of 15–16 years. On 21 December 1991, the school was redeployed to Moscow.

Location

In Moscow, it was originally located near the Fili metro station. In 1991, it was transferred to Winding Passage, Building 11 (Babushkinskaya), where it is located to this day. Since 2011, the graduation of Suvorovites has been carried out on Cathedral Square in the Moscow Kremlin. Opposite the school is the Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation.

Heads of the School

The following is a list of heads of the school since 1944:[2]

  • 1944-1950 - Major-General Karp Zheleznikov
  • 1950-1953 - Major-General Guri Smirnov
  • 1953-1956 - Major-General Boris Anisimov
  • 1956-1961 - Major-General Leonid Vagin
  • 1961-1963 - Colonel Grigory Muslanov
  • 1963-1965 - Major-General Sergei Savchenko
  • 1965-1973 - Major-General Vasily Fedotov
  • 1973-1982 - Major-General Pyotr Kivolya
  • 1982-1991 - Major-General Ivan Sumenkov
  • 1991-1998 - Major-General Nikolay Kornilov
  • 1998-2006 - Major-General Vyacheslav Roshchin
  • 2006-2009 - Major-General Andrei Nechaev
  • 2010-2011 - Colonel Alexander Tomashov
  • 2011-2013 - Alexander Aglushevich
  • 2013-2017 - Major-General Alexander Kasyanov
  • 2017–Present - Lieutenant-General Victor Polyakov

Alumni

During its existence, the school had conducted 63 graduations. Many of its pupils eventually became the Heroes of the Soviet Union and veterans of the Soviet-Afghan War. Notable alumni have included:

References
  1. "Карта сайтов образовательных организаций". vagsh.mil.ru. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  2. www.sema.ru, Sema.Ru Labs (c) 2002 |. "Они возглавляли училище - Суворовское военное училище". www.svu.ru. Retrieved 2017-11-04.

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