A.F. Mozhaysky's Military-Space Academy (russian: Федеральное государственное казённое военное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Военно-космическая академия имени А. Ф. Можайского») is a

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of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It is located in

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. It is associated with the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

History

The Academy was established on 16 January 1712 in

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as a military engineering school. During the first years the facilities in the Academy were in bad position. During the reign of

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the school was renamed to Artillery and Engineering Gentry Corps. In 1773, it acquired its own printing house. Two years later the Museum of History of housing, Library for Foreign Literature was created. In 1880, the school got the name Second Cadet Corps. Since 1955 the academy has been named after the famous Russian engineer and mechanic Alexander Mozhaysky. The Academy has been used to train GRU officers, including some of the

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hackers.

Sport

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Structure

*Faculty of design of aircraft *Faculty of rocket and space systems management *Department of radio-electronic systems of space systems *Faculty of space infrastructure *Faculty of collecting and processing information. *Faculty of information security and computer technology *Faculty survey support and cartography *Faculty funds missile and space defense *Department of automated command and control systems

Leadership

* Lieutenant General Prof. Maxim Mikhailovich Penkov

References

External links

* * {{authority control Military academies of Russia 1712 establishments in Russia Educational institutions established in 1712 Universities and colleges in Saint Petersburg