Russian Federation Security Guard Service Federal Academy (FSO Academy of Russia; russian: Федеральное государственное казённое военное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Академия Федеральной службы охраны Российской Федерации»; Академия ФСО России, ''Akademiya Federal'noy sluzhby okhrany Rossiyskoy Federatsii''; ''Akademiya FSO Rossii''), is an educational institution of higher professional education of the Federal Protective Service located in the city of Oryol, the Administrative centre of
Oryol Oblast
Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Oryol. Population ...
higher education
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provides
military service
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for cadets.
History
In accordance with the order of the Chairman of the
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
, on 1 June 1966, the ''School of Military Engineering'' (russian: Военно-техническое училище) ''of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR'' was formed in the town of Bagrationovsk,
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and admin ...
Liaison officer
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s of the KGB bodies and troops. On 31 August 1966, the Deputy Chairman of the KGB, Major General Lev Pankratov, presented the ''SME'' with the Red Combat Banner and the Diploma of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
In accordance with the order of the Chairman of the KGB, on 1 October 1972, the ''School of Military Engineering'' was transferred to Oryol and transformed into the ''Oryol Higher Military Command School of Communications'' (russian: Орловское высшее военное командное училище связи) also known as ''OVVKUS'' or ''OHMCSC'' for the training of command officers with higher education.
On 24 December 1991, the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information (FAPSI) was formed. By the Decree of the
President of Russia
The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
, on 21 March 1992, ''OVVKUS named after
Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Ива́нович Кали́нин ; 3 June 1946), known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych", was a Soviet politician and Old Bolshevik revolutionary. He served as head of st ...
'' was transformed into the ''Military Institute of Government Communications (MIGC)''. On 1 October 1992, the transition to the faculty system of training cadets was carried out. In 1993, a
postgraduate
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The organization and ...
training program was formed and the first enrollment for full-time and distance learning was conducted.
On 23 February 1993, on the basis of the ''MIGC'', the ''Museum of Government Communications'' was opened to the public, which on 22 October 1993 was entered into the register of state museums of the Russian Federation, and on 29 October 1996 it was reorganized into the ''FAPSI Museum under the President of the Russian Federation''.
In 2000, the Russian Government transformed the ''MIGC'' into the ''Academy of the Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information under the President of the Russian Federation'' (abbreviated as the ''FAPSI Academy''). In 2003, it was renamed the ''Academy of the Special Communications and Information Service under the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation'' (abbreviated as the ''Academy of Special Communications of Russia''). On 15 November 2004, by order of the Government of Russia, it was renamed the ''Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation'' (abbreviated as the ''FSO Academy of Russia'').
On 15 September 2008, the ''
Voronezh
Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...
Military Technical School of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation'' was attached to the ''FSO Academy of Russia''. At the moment, this educational institution is called the ''Voronezh Institute of Government Communications of the Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation''.
In September 2016, the academy was awarded the
Order of Kutuzov
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.
Educational and operational activities
Training of cadets at the academy is carried out according to the following main professional educational programs:
*09.05.01 - Application and operation of automated systems for special purposes
*10.05.02 - Information security of telecommunication systems
*11.05.04 - Info-communication technologies and special communication systems
*57.05.02 - State security
The term of study is 5 years.