The Nakhimov Naval School () in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

is a military

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of the Russian Navy.

Overview

The Leningrad Nakhimov Naval School was created in accordance with the decree of the

Council of People's Commissars The Councils of People's Commissars (SNK; russian: Совет народных комиссаров (СНК), ''Sovet narodnykh kommissarov''), commonly known as the ''Sovnarkom'' (Совнарком), were the highest executive authorities of ...

on 21 June 1944 and the

People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs The People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the Soviet Union was the central body of military command and control of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union from November 12, 1923, to March 15, 1934. History The People's Commissaria ...

. The date of publication of the order (23 June), is set as the annual holiday of the school. It was the first

Nakhimov Naval School The Nakhimov Naval School (russian: Нахимовское военно-морское училище) or Nakhimov School (russian: Нахимовское училище) is a form of military education for teenagers introduced in the Soviet Union ...

to be formed, with the school being named after

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of the

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Pavel Nakhimov Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov (russian: Павел Степанович Нахимов, ; – ) was a Russian Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy known for his victory in the Battle of Sinop and his leadership in the Siege of Sevastopol (18 ...

. On 18 September 1944, the first admission to the school took place. In the first academic year, 408 pupils studied at the school. In 1948, the first graduation of cadets took place. In 2016, the

Vladivostok Presidential Cadet School The Vladivostok Presidential Cadet School () is Russian Navy Nakhimov Naval School located in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, acting a branch of the boarding school in Saint-Petersburg. History On 24 August 2013, Defense Minister Sergei Sho ...

and the Sevastopol Presidential Cadet School became branches of the school. By order of President

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on 1 September 2017, the

Murmansk Nakhimov Naval School The Murmansk Nakhimov Naval School (Russian:Мурманское Нахимовское военно-морское училище) is one of five Nakhimov Naval Schools in Russia. The current head of the school is Vice Admiral Alexei Maksimchuk. ...

became the third branch of the school. On 25 May 2017, it was awarded the public Order "To the Glory of the Russian Fleet" 1st Degree. Currently, the term of study at the school is 7 years. It is among the first pre-university educational institutions of the

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to start the academic year. In time for the 2017–2018 academic year, due to the renovation of the main building of the school, the junior courses of the school were held on the territory of the

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. The school has been representing the Soviet Navy at

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and Saint Petersburg's

Palace Square Palace Square ( rus, Дворцо́вая пло́щадь, r=Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, p=dvɐˈrtsovəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg a ...

on many occasions (

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(7 November), and

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(1 May)). In 1996, the parade regiment of the school received a personal certificate of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief (then

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 ...

) for its march in the

1996 Moscow Victory Day Parade The 1996 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a parade held in Red Square on 9 May 1996 to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The annual parade marks the Allied victory in the Great Patriotic War on the same day a ...

. In 2013, by order Minister of Defense

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, it returned to the

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. In 2020, thirty-one cadets of the school came down with a case of

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while preparing for the postponed victory parade that year.

School Commandants

* Rear Admiral Nikolai Izachik (1944-1949) * Rear Admiral Grigory Grishchenko (1949-1961) * Rear Admiral Nikolai Bachkov (1961-1963) * Rear Admiral Vyacheslav Bakardzhiev (1963-1971) * Rear Admiral Pavel Belyaev (1971-1976) * Rear Admiral Nikolai Fedorov (1976-1979) * Rear Admiral Lev Stolyarov (1979-1990) * Rear Admiral Nikolai Malov (1990-2001) * Rear Admiral Aleksandr Bukin (2001-2007) * Rear Admiral Andrey Yurchenko (2007-2008) * Captain 1st Rank of the Reserve Nikolai Andreyev (2008—2013) * Rear Admiral of the Reserve Aleksey Surov (2013—2018) * Rear Admiral of the Reserve Anatoly Minakov (2018—2020) * Vice Admiral of the Reserve Aleksey Maksimchuk (2020—present)

Notable graduates

Sergei Zheleznyak Sergei Vladimirovich Zheleznyak (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Железня́к; born 1970) is a Russian politician. In 2007 he was elected as a member of State Duma and became its Deputy Chairman in June 2012. He was a mem ...

, former member of the

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. *

Andrei Volozhinsky Andrei Olgertovich Volozhinsky (russian: Андрей Ольгертович Воложинский; born 4 June 1960) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He holds the rank of vice-admiral, and has most recently served as the First Deputy Comma ...

, former First Deputy

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. *

Timur Apakidze Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze (russian: Тимур Автандилович Апакидзе, ka, თემურ აფაქიძე, also transliterated as ''Temur Apakidze''; 4 March 1954 – 17 July 2001) was a Russian major general of Georgi ...

, Russian-Georgian fighter pilot who was the founder of the modern

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. *

Vladimir Vysotskiy (admiral) Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky russian: Владимир Серге́евич Высоцкий, uk, Володимир Сергійович Висоцький ''Volodymyr Serhiyovych Vysotsky''; (18 August 1954 – 5 February 2021) was a Russian ...

, former Commander of the Russian

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. *

Nikolai Maksimov Nikolai Mikhailovich Maksimov (russian: Николай Михайлович Максимов; born 15 May 1956) is a retired officer of the Russian Navy. He currently holds the rank of admiral in the reserve, and has most recently been head of ...

, former head of the Navy Shipbuilding and Weapons Research Institute *

Sergei Pinchuk Sergei Mikhailovich Pinchuk (russian: Сергей Михайлович Пинчук; born 26 July 1971) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He currently holds the rank of vice-admiral, and is deputy commander in chief of the Black Sea Fleet. C ...

, former commander of the

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. * Aleksandr Berzin, a

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Valery Varfolomeyev Valery Vladimirovich Varfolomeyev (russian: Валерий Владимирович Варфоломеев; born 13 August 1971) is an officer of the Russian Navy. He currently holds the rank of rear-admiral, and is deputy commander of the Pacif ...

, Commander of the 11th Submarine Division of the

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Igor Schvede Igor Schvede (born on 5 December 1970) is an Estonian Rear Admiral and the former Commander of the Estonian Navy from 2007 to 2012. Biography Schvede was born in 1970 in, his military career began at the Leningrad Nakhimov Naval School. He later ...

, Representative of the

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Links

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of the school

References

{{Nakhimov Naval School Nakhimov Naval School Educational institutions established in 1944 1945 establishments in the Soviet Union Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg

Overview

School Commandants

Notable graduates

See also

Links

References