The Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School () was a military academy of the
Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi) exercises administrative and operational leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek Minister of Defense is the no ...
. It was previously known as the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School named after Vladimir Lenin (). It was one of the
oldest military establishments of the
USSR
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preparing
infantry
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officer
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s for the
Soviet Army
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. The school was disbanded after former
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 ...
gained independence in 1991 and became the
Republic of Uzbekistan
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. The last banner of the school was removed from the No. 1 Guard Post and deposited into the
State Museum of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan.
History
TVOKU, or as it was called colloquially, the Leninsky College was founded on July 12, 1918, when the Military Commissariat of the
Turkestan Soviet Republic
The Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (initially, the Turkestan Socialist Federative Republic; 30 April 191827 October 1924) was an autonomous republic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic located in Soviet Central A ...
ordered the government to organize the Turkestan Soviet command courses in
Central Asia
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for the training of Bolshevik commanders. On the 31st of that month, it was announced that a command school would be created in
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...
. On September 17, 1918, the school began regular classes, which had their own ceremonial opening 5 days later. At the time, the basis of training was political indoctrination and immersion in military subjects, with tactical training being given particular attention. During the
Great Patriotic War
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(known in the West as the
Second World War
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), the school prepared about 8,000 commanders to fight in 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 ...
against the
Wehrmacht
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. Many who graduated at the time fought in the
Eastern Front, including in the
Battle of Moscow
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in 1941 and the
Siege of Leningrad
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in 1943.
On March 28, 1957, the banners of the school, which were previously stored in the
Central Museum of the Soviet Army, were delivered to the school from
Moscow
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. By July 1970, the school was exporting its students to other Soviet universities, as well as importing cadets from other cadet schools, which would later make up the 1st Cadet Battalion. In the 80s, graduates of the school were immediately commissioned into the
Soviet Army
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and transferred across the Afghan border with 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 ...
to participate in the
Soviet–Afghan War
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. On 26 March 1993, it was reestablished by the
Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi) exercises administrative and operational leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek Minister of Defense is the no ...
just the Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School. In 2017, President
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev (Uzbek Latin: ''Shavkat Miromonovich (Miromon o‘g‘li) Mirziyoyev'', Uzbek Cyrillic: Шавкат Миромонович (Миромон ўғли) Мирзиёев ; born 24 July 1957) is an Uzbek politician ...
, ordered that the school be reestablished as the
Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan
The Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan () is a body for the training of highly qualified military personnel for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was originally established as an inter-service educational institution that ...
.
Alumni
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Qobul Berdiyev
Qobul Raimovich Berdiev (russian: Кабул Раимович Бердиев, uz, Qobul Rayimovich Berdiyev (born April 5, 1955) is an Uzbek military officer who has served as Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan from September 17, 2008 to September ...
, Uzbek military officer who formerly served as
Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi) exercises administrative and operational leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek Minister of Defense is the no ...
.
*
Stanislav Hazheev
Stanislav Galimovich Hazheev (russian: Станислав Галимович Хажеев) (born 28 December 1941 in Kashtak, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is the former Minister of Defence in Transnistria.
Early life and career
Hazheev wa ...
, former
Minister of Defence
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in
Transnistria
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.
*
Albert Makashov
Colonel General Albert Mikhailovich Makashov (russian: Альберт Михайлович Макашóв; born 12 June 1938) is a Russian officer and a nationalist- communist politician.
Biography
Makashov was born in Levaya Rossosh, Voronezh ...
, a
Russia
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n officer and a
nationalist
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-
communist
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politician.
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Pavel Pavlovich Kozlovsky, the second
Minister of Defence
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of Belarus.
*
Esen Topoev
Esen Tolenovich Topoev ( ky, Эсен Толенович Топоев) is a Kyrgyz general and the former Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan.
Career
Soviet Army service
He was born on 28 February 1952 in the city of Kyzyl-Kiya. He joined the ...
, former
Minister of Defense of Kyrgyzstan.
*
Valdas Tutkus
Lieutenant General Valdas Tutkus (born 27 December 1960) is a former Chief of Defence of Lithuania. He served in this position from 30 June 2004 to 3 July 2009.
Biography
From 1978 to 1982, he studied at the Tashkent Higher All-Arms Comm ...
, a Lithuanian general who was the 3rd
Chief of Defence
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.
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Ilýa Weljanow, Turkmen general and diplomat.
References
Links
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Alumni WebsiteТВОКУ 100 лет
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Military history of Uzbekistan
History of Tashkent
1991 disestablishments
Education and training establishments of the Soviet Army
Military academies of Uzbekistan
Military command schools