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The Vladivostok Presidential Cadet School () is Russian Navy

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 Unio ...

located in the

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ern city of

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, acting a branch of the

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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

On 24 August 2013, Defense Minister

Sergei Shoigu Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, ; tyv, Сергей Күжүгет оглу Шойгу, translit=Sergey Kyzhyget oglu Shoygu, . (russian: Сергей Кужугетович Шойгу; born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician who has served as ...

wrote a letter to President

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 a proposal to establish a presidential cadet school in the

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. The proposal was approved by President Putin, and on 29 October, the school was created.

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Vladimir Burakov was appointed head of the school. The school year began on 1 September 2014 and on 25 October, the first solemn dedication of pupils took place. In 2016, it was reorganized as a branche of the Nakhimov Naval School in Saint Petersburg. On 31 August 2016, Putin visited the school to announce its new status. It graduated its first set of students in June 2019.

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The school is located on the grounds of the

Pacific Higher Naval School The Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School () is one of the Russian Navy's two higher educational institutions under the Ministry of Defense of Russia, with this school being located in Vladivostok in Eastern Russia, the only naval educational inst ...

. The standard term of study is seven years from the 5th to 11th grades. Every year, 80 students are recruited for study at the school. Students engage in specialized courses aimed at preparing them for a future in the

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as well as the private sector. Cadets study the

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, an oriental language of their choice (

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) as well as topics unique to the navy and naval life (ship modeling, marine robotics, the history of navigation).

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