Warrant officer schools of the Russian Armed Forces conduct

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training programmes. Education acquired at such schools is

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military education (level 4 according to the

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). The duration of studies is 2 years and 6-10 months. Graduates of these schools are granted the

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History

Warrant officers schools were established by

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Order of 20 December 1980 №365. Only enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers, finished their military service as conscripts, could be accepted to enter warrant officers schools. The period of training was ten and half months. The

Order of 20 December 1980 №365 was replaced by the

Order of 27 December 2004 №452. Only

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enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers could be accepted to enter warrant officers schools. All warrant officers schools ceased their educational activity in the framework of the

Serdyukov reform The Serdyukov reform (), named after its originator, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, was a major structural reorganisation of the Russian Armed Forces that began in 2009. Significant reforms of the Russian Armed Forces were announced in Oc ...

. In 2013, new

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decided to restore the institution of warrant officers. New staff complement, which included warrant officers positions, was approved in July of the same year. Warrant officers training began to be carried out by special educational divisions within the structure of higher military schools and

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. The duration of studies extended to 2 years and 6-10 months. The admission became availaible not only for

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enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers (

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and

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) but also for civilians graduated from secondary schools.

List of Russian military educational institutions conducting warrant officer training programmes

General-purpose warrant officer schools

* Krasnodar Higher Military School named for Army General S.M. Shtemenko *

Military Institute of Physical Culture The Twice-Red Banner Military Institute of Physical Culture of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (russian: Военный дважды Краснознамённый институт физической культуры Министерства � ...

Military University of Radioelectronics The Military University of Radioelectronics (russian: Военный университет радиоэлектроники) is a Russian military academy conducting warrant officer programmes, commissioned officer programmes (specialitet), ad ...

Warrant officer schools of the Ground Forces

Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps The S. M. Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps is a military university in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, founded in 1919. The academy trains officers for service in the Signal Troops of the Russian Ground Forces. History * ...

Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School The Marshal of the Soviet Union K. K. Rokossovsky Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School (russian: Дальневосточное высшее общевойсковое командное училище имени Маршала Сов ...

Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy (russian: Михайловская военная артиллерийская академия) is Russian military academy conducting warrant officer programmes, commissioned officer programmes (speci ...

Military Academy of Field Anti-Aircraft Defense Military Academy of Field Anti-Aircraft Defense named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky (russian: Военная академия войсковой противовоздушной обороны имени Маршала Сов� ...

Military Logistics Academy The Military Logistics Academy, officially known as the Military Academy of Logistical Support "General of the Army A. V. Khrulyov" () a subordinate school of the Russian Ground Forces, is located in the northern city Saint Petersburg. It was cre ...

NBC Protection Military Academy The Marshal Semyon Timoshenko NBC Protection Military Academy () is a military university in Kostroma in the Kostroma Oblast training officers for service in the Russian NBC Protection Troops of the Russian Ground Forces. It was established in 19 ...

* Tyumen Higher Military Engineer Command School named after A.I. Proshlyakov

Warrant officer schools of the Navy

Kuznetsov Naval Academy The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy (russian: Военно-морская академия имени Н. Г. Кузнецова) is the main staff college and postgraduate institution for the Russian Navy and is located in Saint Petersburg. In ...

* Nakhimov Higher Naval School *

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 ...

Warrant officer schools of the Aerospace Forces

A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy A.F. Mozhaysky's Military-Space Academy (russian: Федеральное государственное казённое военное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального обр� ...

Warrant officer schools of the Airborne Forces

Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School 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, situated in Ryazan, about southeast of Moscow. It was f ...

References

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External links

List of Russian military educational institutions
Military education and training in Russia Non-commissioned officers