The Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School (; ) is a military academy of the

Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan The Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ўзбекистон Республикаси Қуролли Кучлари), is the name of the unified armed forces of Uzbekistan, consisting of the Ground Force and the Air and Air Defence ...

and a former educational institution under the Soviet Defence Ministry.

History

Soviet period

As it relates to its predecessors, in November 1941, the 2nd Kharkov Armored School, formed on 12 August 1941, was relocated to the

Uzbek SSR Uzbekistan (, ) is the common English name for the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (Uzbek SSR; uz, Ўзбекистон Совет Социалистик Республикаси, Oʻzbekiston Sovet Sotsialistik Respublikasi, in Russian: Уз ...

from

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. In 1946, this school was renamed into the Samarkand Tank-Technical School. On 23 September 1969, by a decree of the

Council of Ministers of the USSR The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ɛsɛsɛˈsɛr; sometimes abbreviated to ''Sovmin'' or referred to as the '' ...

, the Samarkand Higher Tank Command School was formed, with the task of which was to train commanders of tank platoons. It was officially opened on 20 November. It was headed by

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Aleksey Cherevko, a veteran 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 ...

during

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. By order of Soviet Minister of Defense

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on 23 May 1973, it was transformed into an automobile command school. The school was noted having been awarded the Red Banner by the Military Council of the

Turkestan Military District The Turkestan Military District (russian: Туркестанский военный округ (ТуркВО), ''Turkestansky voyenyi okrug (TurkVO)'') was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with it ...

. In 1979, the school was given the honorary title of

Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR The Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR ( uz, Ўзбекистон ССР Олий Совети, Oʻzbekiston SSR Oliy Soveti; russian: Верховный Совет Узбекской ССР, Verkhovnyy Sovet Uzbekskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet ...

In Independent Uzbekistan

In 1992, the Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School came under the jurisdiction of Uzbekistan, together with the

Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School The Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School () was a military academy of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan. It was previously known as the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Vladimir Lenin (). It was one of the oldest mi ...

and the

Tashkent Higher Tank Command School The Chirchiq Higher Tank Command and Engineering School (), formerly the Tashkent Order of Lenin Higher Tank Command School named after Pavel Rybalko () is a military academy of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan, responsible for training armor ...

. In connection with the policy of the authorities of the republic aimed at the complete training of officers for the armed forces by their own forces, on the basis of the military educational institutions inherited from the USSR, a multidisciplinary training scheme was implemented. On the basis of the Automobile School, which in 1993 changed its name to the Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command-Engineering School, faculties were created to train other specialties including the position of commander of the automobile platoon. For multidisciplinary training at schools, the following departments and faculties were created in the following years: *1996 - Department of Educational Work and Military Psychology *1999 - Department of Missile and Artillery Weapons *2004 - Department of Engineering Troops and Troops of the RChBZ *2004 - Faculty of Logistics Support (including the Department of Food and Clothing Support and the Department of Fuel Supply) Since 1997, the faculties of school, had carried out training in the following 5 military specialties: *Commander of a Car Platoon *Engineer Platoon Commander *Deputy Company Commander for the Operation and Repair of Motor Vehicles *Logistics Specialists *Cultural Leisure Officers The term of study is carried out on a 4-year cycle.

Notable graduates

*Lieutenant Colonel Bakhodir Redjapov, Deputy Commander of the North-West Military District (class of 2001) *Alexander Gaskov, recipient 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 ...

for his service in

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(class of 1977) *Saparkhan Chukeitov, member of the faculty of the Military Department of

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(class of 1986) *

Latif Fayziyev Lieutenant General Latif Mirzoevich Fayziyev ( tg, Латиф Мирзоевич Файзиев), also known by his persianized name Latifjon Mirzo Faizizoda, is a lieutenant general in the armed forces of Tajikistan. From 2006 to 2014, he wa ...

, former commander of the

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References

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