The Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces, named after Peter the Great, has been considered one of the most prestigious for many decades. In domestic education, this university is elevated to the rank of not only an authoritative military educational institution, but also a research center that is actively and successfully engaged in developments in the field of technical sciences.
What is the school famous for?
Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces. Peter the Great has a long and interesting history, many state awards and famous graduates, of whom the whole country can rightfully be proud.
After the implementation of reforms in the field of military education, the academy included two military institutes in the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Serpukhov. At the moment, the latter is a branch of the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces. In the article, we will briefly consider the history of the creation and reform of each institution, faculties, which todayfunction on the basis of this university, and also remember the famous personalities who were associated with this institute.
Military Academy. Peter the Great: history of creation and reformation
This educational institution has existed for about two centuries. Of course, during this time the academy has undergone numerous changes, reforms and received various names. To date, it is believed that the prototype of the academy was the Artillery School opened in St. Petersburg in December 1820 with officer classes. A little later, in 1845, it was given the name Mikhailovskoye, in honor of Prince Mikhail Pavlovich, who founded it. After another 10 years, this institution was called the Mikhailovskaya Artillery Academy, and after the revolution in 1919, the common prefix RKKA was added to the name.
In 1926, the university was renamed the Military Academy. F. Dzerzhinsky, and in 1934 the institution was called the Artillery Academy of the Red Army. Dzerzhinsky.
Since 1938, the Academy has been located in the capital, in the building of the Imperial Orphanage. She was there until the start of World War II.
From 1941 to 1944 the university was temporarily stationed in the city of Samarkand. After the war, the academy was returned to Moscow. An additional faculty of missile weapons appeared within its walls, which had no analogues not only in the USSR, but throughout the world.
Also, the university begins an active and successful training of qualified rocket engineers. Since 1953, the educational institution has already been called the Artillery Engineeringacademy. Dzerzhinsky. On the eve of the new year 1960, she was included in the new division of the Military Forces, and she begins to bear the name of the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces.
Assigning the name that the university still bears
During the entire long history of its existence, the educational institution has often changed its main strategic purpose, and the names have changed accordingly. The final name that the university bears to this day was given to it in August 1997. It was then that, in order to revive traditions, the President signed a decree on granting the institution the final name "Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces." The decision to name a military university in honor of this particular statesman was due to the merits of Peter I in the creation of the Russian regular army.
In 1998, the first branch of the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces of Peter the Great was opened in Kubinka. They became the former Moscow School of Radio Electronics. And 10 years later, in 2008, 2 more branches were given to the Academy. One is located in the city of Serpukhov and the second - in Rostov-on-Don. In 2015, the academy was relocated to Balashikha.
State awards
For the entire history of its existence in different periods of time, the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces has been awarded many state awards:
- Order of Lenin received in 1938 for the training of artillery engineers and commanders;
- Order of Suvorov I st. received in 1945 for military services to the Fatherland and training of highly qualified personnel for the Red Army;
- OrderOctober Revolution received in 1970 for the training of personnel, for his contribution to the development of technology and science.
Training invaluable military personnel
It is very difficult to overestimate the importance of this university and the personnel it trains. The academy has been supplying the military with highly qualified specialists for many years, especially its graduates were valued during the Second World War. Further, its graduates became the backbone and base of the officer corps that served the nuclear forces. Largely due to their dedication and professionalism, the long-awaited parity in the field of nuclear missile weapons between the United States and the Soviet Union was achieved in due time.
Today, the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great trains officers of engineering and command profiles. Its graduates are able to work on absolutely any modern, even the most complex technology and in any conditions.
The training of such personnel is carried out at three gradual levels:
- Obtaining a higher specialized military education, in which cadets receive the qualification of engineers in the speci alties of various military profiles (ballistic, mechanical, electronic, chemical, nuclear missile, electrical engineering).
- Professional development of senior staff.
- Training of scientific and pedagogical personnel.
Scientific work and indisputable contribution to the military sphere
This university throughout its activities has been engaged not onlytraining of indispensable personnel. The Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces has always carried out scientific activities. For a long time, it was an invaluable base on the basis of which the theory of weapons was developed, the foundations and standards for the production of rocket devices were developed. On the basis of the academy, dozens of the most effective means designed to defeat and completely destroy the enemy were developed.
The staff of the academy made a truly invaluable contribution to the development and activation of such components of military skill as operational art, strategy and, of course, tactics.
The scientific and pedagogical school, successfully functioning on the basis of this academy, is still considered the undisputed leader in the development of operational art and the development of the theory of tactics of the Russian Rocket Forces.
Brilliant teachers and talented graduates
Fame and recognition not only at home, but throughout the world received weapons systems that were created on the basis of scientific work of such cadets of the Academy as F. Petrov and V. Grabin. Among military professionals around the world, the names of Fedorov, Kotin, Mosin and Sudayev are well known. Based on their work, automatic rifles, self-propelled artillery mounts and repeating rifles were created, which are rightfully considered one of the best in the world.
During its existence, the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces has issued more than 300 laureates of various state awards. Among its cadets there were 128 people,who later became Heroes of the Soviet Union, three were awarded the title of Heroes of the Russian Federation. Her students at one time were outstanding generals, infantry and marshals. Also, the academy can be proud of its graduates, who later became brilliant military leaders and generals. Among them, Chernyakhovsky, Odintsov and Nedelin should be noted.
Rostov Branch
In 2008, the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces was given two branches, one of which turned out to be the Rostov Military Institute. Into the academy Peter the Great, this institution entered as a separate formation. This is not surprising, because the Rostov University. Week was something to be proud of. Despite all its merits and rich history, unfortunately, it has not been functioning since 2011. In 2014, renovation work was actively carried out on its territory. What will happen to the university in the future is difficult to predict. Despite this, consider the history of the creation of this institution.
In 1937 an artillery school was founded in Rostov. In 1951, the Council of Ministers of the RCC issued a resolution on the establishment of the Higher Artillery Engineering School on the basis of this institution. After 10 years, he was named after M. Nedelin, the commander-in-chief of the missile forces, who died heroically while testing a strategic missile at Baikonur.
In 1998, the school received the status of a military institute of missile forces.
Faculties of the Rostov Military Institute
The branch of the military academy in Rostov accepted candidates for five faculties:
- "Missile control systems";
- "Automated systemsmanagement";
- "Moral and psychological support" (speci alty ─ Pedagogy and psychology)
- "Technical and launch complexes of missiles";
- "Radio Engineering and Metrology".
The famous branch in the suburbs
Unlike Rostov, the branch of the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces in Serpukhov has been successfully operating to this day. The history of this establishment dates back to 1941. Then the II Moscow Aviation School was opened. After 7 years, it was transformed into a military aviation technical school.
In 1962, after the order of the USSR Ministry of Defense, the school began to train command and engineering personnel and was renamed the Higher Command and Engineering School of Serpukhov. In 1998, by decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, the educational institution received the title of Serpukhov Military Institute of the Russian Revolution.
In 2008, due to numerous reforms in the field of military education, the university became part of the Military Academy. Peter the Great and became known as its branch in Serpukhov (Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces).
Work not only in the direction of personnel training
Employees of the Institute actively participated in the creation of the theory of operation and preparation of diverse missile weapons. At one time they made a huge contribution to the development of military art in the field of the Missile Forces.
The most important fundamentals of maneuver tactics for units armed with PGRKs were carefully developed in his departments.
Faculties of the branch in Serpukhov
Today, on the basis of the branch of the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great, five faculties have been opened for cadets, including:
- "Technical and launch complexes of missiles";
- "Communications and Systems of the Strategic Missile Forces";
- "Nuclear weapons";
- “Missile control systems”;
- "Automated control systems".
During the training, students are provided with everything necessary, they are paid a worthy scholarship. Every year, the Serpukhov Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces graduates 500 highly professional officers in these areas, who faithfully and devotedly serve their Fatherland after graduation.
