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The General V.F. Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Command School (RGVVDKU) () is a military educational institute of the
Russian Ministry of Defense The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the govern ...
, situated in
Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...
, about southeast of
Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. It was first formed as the Ryazan Infantry Courses on 13 November 1918 – thus it is one of the oldest active military academies in modern day Russia. It is the official military academy and advanced training center of the
Russian Airborne Forces The Russian Airborne Forces (russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units o ...
.


Early History

On the basis of the Order of the People's Commissar for Military Affairs No. 743, on 29 August 1918, the formation of the 1st Ryazan courses of the
Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
began; located in
Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census ...
, the basis of the current academy. The formation of the courses ended on 13 November 1918, with the courses being named "1st Ryazan Soviet Infantry Courses for the Command Personnel of the Red Army".


Civil War

In July 1918, mobilization into the ranks of the Red Army began. Almost weekly, a mobilized reserve was sent from Ryazan to the fronts of the
civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
. Many residents of Ryazan fought on the fronts on the side of the
White Army The White Army (russian: Белая армия, Belaya armiya) or White Guard (russian: Бѣлая гвардія/Белая гвардия, Belaya gvardiya, label=none), also referred to as the Whites or White Guardsmen (russian: Бѣлогв ...
. The 1st Ryazan Soviet Infantry Courses took part in combat operations by separate units in the suppression of counter-revolutionary uprisings within the Ryazan province (October - November 1918). The courses deployed in full force on the Southern Front in the
Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...
region to suppress the uprisings of the
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, becoming part of the 1st Separate Brigade of Cadets of the 8th Division of the SF and, together with the Tambov cadets, formed a "Detachment of Ryazan and Tambov Cadets." As part of the 2nd Moscow Brigade, cadets took part in hostilities on the Caucasian Front in
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from August 1920 to March 1921. As part of the 3rd Moscow Brigade of Cadets - on the Southern Front against
Pyotr Wrangel Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (russian: Пётр Никола́евич барон Вра́нгель, translit=Pëtr Nikoláevič Vrángel', p=ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ, german: Freiherr Peter Nikolaus von Wrangel; April 25, 1928), also known by his ni ...
from October to November 1920. In the same year, the courses took part in full force in the suppression of the Antonov uprising in the
Tambov Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Central Federal District, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna River (Moksha basin), Tsna and ...
province in the districts of the Kirsanovsky district. By order of the RVSR No. 1227 of June 29, 1920, the 1st Ryazan Soviet Infantry Courses were renamed "30th Soviet Infantry Courses". By order of the RVSR No. 2900 of December 31, 1920, the 30th Soviet infantry course was renamed into the 15th Ryazan Infantry School (normal type). The Tambov Infantry School combined with the Ryazan school on 1 October 1924, from which the banner of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee was transferred (presented to a detachment of Ryazan and Tambov cadets, and kept in Tambov). The Ryazan school was renamed the Ryazan Infantry School on 9 October. On 12 January 1926, the Ryazan Infantry School was granted the honorific title "
Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (, uk, Климент Охрімович Ворошилов, ''Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov''), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (russian: link=no, Клим Вороши́лов, ''Klim Vorošilov''; 4 Februa ...
", becoming the “Ryazan Infantry School Comrade Voroshilov".


Interwar Years

On 16 March 1931, by Order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 023, the school became part of the building of the
Moscow Military District The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military Di ...
. On 16 March 1937, by order of the
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No. 36, the Ryazan Infantry School Comrade Voroshilov was renamed "Ryazan Infantry School named after Comrade Voroshilov". On 26 March 1938, by order of the same comissariat No. 81, the school was removed from the structure of the university.


World War II

On February 26, 1940, by Directive of the Military Council of the Moscow Military District No. 13321, the school transferred from the normal type of training to a six-month period. As a result of the Axis invasion of the USSR, the Ryazan Infantry School was transferred to
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on 25 October 1941; returning to Ryazan on 15 February 1942. The Ryazan Infantry School began the training of 500 platoon commanders for the
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on 1 August 1943. On 20 September, a
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officer cadet school was formed for 1,000 cadets with a training period of 3 months. The Ryazan Infantry School was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...
on 12 November of the same year (No. 71600), being renamed "Ryazan Red Banner Infantry School named after K.E. Voroshilov" (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 12.11.43). In December 1943, one battalion of Romanian nationality, numbering 500 people, was included in the personnel of the school. On 9 April 1944, the Polish branch (282 cadets) was placed at the disposal of the head of the united Polish military school in Ryazan (the reorganized 1st Moscow Machine Gun School). At the same time, a branch of Czechoslovak nationality was being formed on a preparation period of 3 months. On 1 July 1944, the school introduced two-year training courses.


Post-War History

On 15 September 1946, the Ryazan Infantry School switched to 3-year training courses. For cadets lacking a general secondary education, a preparatory class was introduced.


Going Airborne

On 24 September 1947, 7 lieutenants who completed the 3-year course were sent to the military parachute school in Frunze. Later, a number of graduates were sent to the
Airborne Forces Airborne forces, airborne troops, or airborne infantry are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop or air assault. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in ai ...
: on 7 October 1948, 61 out of 194 lieutenants; on 21 September 1949, 26 out 103 lieutenants; on 20 February 1950, 22 out of 191 lieutenants, and later on 21 September, 22 out of 180 lieutenants; on 5 September 1951, 22 out of 218 lieutenants; and on 9 September 1952, 3 lieutenants out of 350 graduates were sent to the paratroops. On 18 March 1954 the school was renamed again, now as the Ryazan Red Banner School "Marshal K.E. Voroshilov". The school became the Ryazan Red Banner Higher Military Command School on 17 August 1958. The airborne school, formerly located in
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, merged with the Ryazan Higher Military Command School on 4 March 1959; the school then began to prepare officers to replace the commanders of airborne platoons. In August 1959, Deputy Commander of the
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,
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Vasily F. Margelov was appointed chairman of the final examination commission and, on graduation, out of 129 new officers, 119 lieutenants were sent to the VDV. With the majority of graduates being posted to the Airborne Troops, the school was renamed as the Ryazan Order of the Red Banner Higher Airborne School on 23 March 1964.


Foreign Courses

With the increased
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support for
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, on the basis of the General Staff Directive, a special department for the training of
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officers and NCOs was established on 1 February 1965. Already on February 26, said department was renamed into a special department for the training of military personnel of the armies of non-
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countries. On 18 September 1971, a special department for the training of military personnel of foreign armies was included in the school.


Second Order of the Red Banner

On February 22, 1968, the school was awarded its second
Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...
and renamed the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command twice Red Banner School (Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 23 dated 02.22.68).


Special Purpose and Museum

On August 29 of the same year, the school was named after the
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Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
. The school then became known as the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School named after the Lenin Komsomol (Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 213 of 08.29.68). In 1969, on the basis of the Directive of the General Staff, a company of special purpose cadets (9th company) was formed at the school. On 20 March 1969, the Airborne Forces Museum was added in the service units of the school, and on 28 July 1972, the grand opening of the Museum of the History of the Airborne Forces and the School took place. The museum became the center of military-patriotic education of cadets and youth of Ryazan. Since 1985, 4th year cadets mountain field trips; first on the basis of the 104th Airborne Division, stationed in the
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, and since 1993, on the basis of the 7th Airborne Division in
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.


Post-Soviet period

In August 1994, the school switched to a five-year term of study. At the same time, a battalion of cadets (
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) was transferred to the Novosibirsk Higher Combined Arms Command School. A monument to
Vasily Margelov Vasily Filippovich Margelov (Russian language, Russian: Василий Филиппович Маргелов; be, Васі́ль Пілі́павіч Марге́лаў; – 4 March 1990) was a Red Army General of the army (USSR), General who wa ...
was erected on 13 November 1995. On 12 November 1996, by order of the
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(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 ...
) No. 535-RP, the school was given an honorary name: Ryazan Higher Airborne Command Twice Red Banner School named after General of the Army V.F. Margelov. On 31 October 1998, the school was renamed as the Ryazan Institute of Airborne Troops. On 31 December 2004 it became the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School. On 19 June 2006, the school was awarded the pennant of the RF Ministry of Defense for courage, military valor and high combat training. The Ryazan Military Automobile Institute and Ryazan Higher Military Command School of Communications were created on 17 December 2009. On 12 September 2013, in accordance with the order of the Government of the
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No. 895-r, dated 3 June 2013, the school became independent and subordinate to the Commander of the
Airborne Forces Airborne forces, airborne troops, or airborne infantry are ground combat units carried by aircraft and airdropped into battle zones, typically by parachute drop or air assault. Parachute-qualified infantry and support personnel serving in ai ...
, then General
Vladimir Shamanov Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Шаманов, born 15 February 1957) is a retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) from M ...
, a graduate from the Ryazan Airborne School.


Heads since 1991

*Lieutenant General Albert Slyusar (17 December 1995 – 17 December 2001) *Major General Valery Shcherbak (17 December 2001—10 February 2008) *Major General Vladimir Krymsky (10 February-6 May 2008) *Colonel Vladimir Lugovoi (6 May 2008—December 2009) *Colonel Andrey Krasov (1 January 2010 – 27 January 2012) *Major General Anatoly Kontsevoi (14 September 2012-September 2017) *Major General Alexei Ragozin (September 2017-May 2020)


Famous Graduates

The school's track record in relation to its alumni includes 53 individuals awarded the title of
Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
, 85 individuals awarded the title of
Hero of Russia Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...
, and thousands of cavaliers of military orders. Among the notable graduates are: *
Alexander Lebed Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Lebed (russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ле́бедь, link=no; 20 April 1950 – 28 April 2002) was a Soviet and Russian military officer and politician who held senior positions in the Ai ...
– Governor of
Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...
from 1998 to 2002, and veteran of the Soviet-Afghan War. *
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from 2002 to 2012. *
Anatoly Bibilov Anatoly Ilyich Bibilov ( os, Бибылты Ильяйы фырт Анатолий, Bibylty Iljajy fyrt Anatolij; , russian: Анато́лий Ильи́ч Биби́лов; born 6 February 1970) is a Russian and South Ossetian military offic ...
– The incumbent
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. * Andrey Bocharov – Governor of
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. * Artur Tiganik – Former Commander of the
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. *
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– The Federal Secretary of People's Defence of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1967. *
Levan Sharashenidze Levan Sharashenidze ( ka, ლევან შარაშენიძე; russian: Леван Леванович Шарашенидзе, ''Levan Levanovich Sharashenidze'') (born 24 March 1931) is a retired Soviet and Georgian military officer and ...
Defense Minister of Georgia (1992). *
Vladimir Shamanov Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov (russian: Владимир Анатольевич Шаманов, born 15 February 1957) is a retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) from M ...
– Commander of the VDV from 2009 to 2016) and head of the
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Defense Committee. *
Pavel Grachev Pavel Sergeyevich Grachev (russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Грачё́в; 1 January 1948 – 23 September 2012), sometimes transliterated as Grachov or Grachyov, was a Russian Army General and the Defence Minister of the Russian Fed ...
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from 1992 to 1996, and overall commander in the
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. *
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– The most senior Russian officer to be killed in action during the Syrian Civil War. * Viktor Astapov – Deputy
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. *
Yevgeni Nikolayevich Andreyev Yevgeny Nikolayevich Andreyev (russian: Евгений Андреев; 4 September 1926 – 9 February 2000) was a colonel in the Soviet Air Force. He set an official record for the longest-distance free-fall parachute jump on 1 November 1962, whi ...
– A
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in the
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who set an official record for the longest
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jump.


Honors and traditions

The school was awarded the
Order of Suvorov The Order of Suvorov () is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named in honor of Russian Generalissimo Prince Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800). History The Order of Suvorov was originally a Soviet award established on July 29, 1942 ...
on 14 November 2013. On 30 July 2018, the
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issued a 3-
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commemorative silver coin in honor of the centennial year of the school, with the denomination “100th Anniversary of the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Order of Suvorov of the Twice Red Banner Command School named after General of the Army V.F. Margelova". On 29 March 2008, president
Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...
, on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 29 December 2007 (then
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), granted the school's regimental colours with two ribbons of the
Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...
.


Guards status

On 18 February 2018, to mark both the centennial Defenders of the Fatherland Day and the centennial of the modern Russian Armed Forces, as well as the centennial year of the foundation of the school, the
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Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...
, acting on behalf of President
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, in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces and in the name of the
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, granted the school and its Regiment of Cadets a singular privilege among all educational institutions of the Armed Forces as the first ever school to be granted
guards unit Guards units (russian: Гвардия, translit=Gvardiya) were elite units and formations in the Soviet Armed Forces that continue to exist in the Russian Armed Forces and other post-Soviet states. These units were awarded Guards status after ...
status, in honor of the sacrifices of the men and women of the academy and its thousands of graduate alumni in service as part of the Airborne Forces of the former Soviet Union and of the current Russian Federation for over six decades.


Individual units

The
guard of honor A guard of honour ( GB), also honor guard ( US), also ceremonial guard, is a group of people, usually military in nature, appointed to receive or guard a head of state or other dignitaries, the fallen in war, or to attend at state ceremonials, ...
of cadets of the school represent the school and the Airborne Forces at celebrations. Many cadets in the guard are
master of sports Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...
in military-applied sports. In 2020, it took part in the virtual
Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo The Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival is an annual military music event and military tattoo held in Moscow on Red Square. Participating in the festival are Russian and foreign military bands, folk groups, and honor guard units o ...
at the
Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces (Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ; russian: Главный храм Вооружённых сил России (Храм Воскресения Христова)) is a lavish Russian Patriarcha ...
for the first time.


Gallery

File:2019 Moscow Victory Day Parade 03.jpg, The airborne cadets marching on
Red Square Red Square ( rus, Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad', ˈkrasnəjə ˈploɕːətʲ) is one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Owing to its historical significance and the adjacent historical build ...
. File:The Airborne Troops presented a unique concert program at the Spasskaya Tower festival 06.jpg, The guard of honour at the
Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces (Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ; russian: Главный храм Вооружённых сил России (Храм Воскресения Христова)) is a lavish Russian Patriarcha ...
. File:VDV Day 90th anniversary 03.jpg, Cadets in front of the
Spasskaya Bashnya The Spasskaya Tower ( rus, Спасская башня, Spasskaya Bashnya), translated as 'Saviour Tower', is the main tower on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin which overlooks Red Square. History The Spasskaya Tower was built in 1491 by th ...
on
Paratroopers' Day Airborne Forces Day (russian: День Воздушно-десантных войск) also known as Paratroopers' Day (russian: День десантника) is a professional military holiday in Russia and other countries, celebrated on 2 August ...
. File:INR 2519(1).jpg, The school drill team. File:Guards Higher Airborne Command Schoolequestrian training classes 01.jpg, Equestrian courses at the school. File:Ryazan Airborne School 2013 (505-16).jpg, African cadets at the school. File:Ryazan Airborne School 2013 (505-10).jpg, Female cadets of the school. File:Vladimir Putin visited the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (1).jpg,
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
with the banner of the school. File:Memorial Asapov Ryazan.jpg,
Valery Asapov Valery Grigorievich Asapov (russian: Валерий Григорьевич Асапов; 1 January 1966 – 23 September 2017) was a Russian military leader who last served as the Lieutenant General of Russian Ground Forces. According to the R ...
at the Margelov memorial at the school.


References


External links


Official website of the school
{{authority control Military command schools Military academies of the Soviet Union Soviet Airborne Forces Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner