Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy (russian: Михайловская военная артиллерийская академия) is

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conducting warrant officer programmes, commissioned officer programmes (specialitet), advance training career commissioned officer programmes (magistratura), and adjunctura programmes. It is located 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 ...

History

The Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation and the Artillery and Engineering Szlachta Corps were the predecessors of the academy. The academy was officially founded as artillery officer school by the order of Generalfeldzeugmeister (highest commander of artillery) of 26 November 1820 №805. In 1855, school was transformed into academy. In 1919, it was renamed the Artillery academy of

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. In 1925 it merged into the Red Army Military Technical Academy, was restored in 1953 as Kalinin Artillery Military Academy. Since 1967, it was called Military Artillery Order of Lenin Red Banner Academy named after M.I. Kalinin. It was renamed the Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy by the Decree of the

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of 17 November 1995 №1154. The Academy marked its biccentenial in 2020.

Educational programmes

The academy prepares

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officers of all specialities for all military branches.

Alumni

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* Anatoly Blagonravov * Vladimir Bogomolov *

Nikolai Dimidyuk Nikolai Mikhailovich Dimidyuk (russian: Николай Михайлович Димидюк; 18 January 1937 – 29 March 2020) was an officer of the Soviet Armed Forces. After service in the he rose to command the branch, with the rank of colo ...

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Vasiliy Grabin Vasiliy Gavrilovich Grabin (russian: Василий Гаврилович Грабин; – 18 April 1980) was a Soviet artillery designer. He led a design bureau (TsAKB) at Joseph Stalin Factory No. 92 in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod). Grabin was ch ...

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Lev Martyushev Lev Martyushev (russian: Лев Мартюшев, 19 November 1880 – 20 December 1937) was a Russian Empire fencer. He competed in three events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Martyushev, Lev 1880 births 1937 ...

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References

External links

Official website
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