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Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia

January 01, 1970

The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации) is the senior staff college of the Russian Armed Forces.

Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации
Emblem of the Academy
TypeMilitary college
Established1936
FounderRed Army
DirectorVladimir Zarudnitsky
Address
Vernadskogo Prospekt 100, Moscow
,
Moscow
,
Russia

55°38′59.28″N 37°28′26.37″E / 55.6498000°N 37.4739917°E / 55.6498000; 37.4739917
Websitehttp://vagsh.mil.ru/
Official banner of the Academy

The academy is located in Moscow, on 14 Kholzunova Lane. It was founded in 1936 as a Soviet institution, based on higher command courses that had been established at the M. V. Frunze Military Academy, itself founded in 1918. An earlier General Staff Academy had existed during the Imperial period, since 1832.

Students were, and probably still are, admitted to the Academy in the ranks of lieutenant colonel, colonel, and General-Major (one star). Most were colonels or newly promoted generals. Officers enter in their late 30s, as a general rule. Officers selected for this academy would have first attended the appropriate service or branch academy (see Military academies in Russia). Graduates who were not already generals or admirals usually were promoted to this rank a short time after completing the course. Length of the academy was only two years, in contrast to the three years for the branch and service academies.

Faculty and students of the General Staff Academy were involved in debates over Soviet military restructuring in the last years of the USSR. They became associated with the military reform efforts of Major Vladimir Lopatin and made specific suggestions for deep force reductions.[1]

As of 22 November 2017, Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky has been the chief of the academy.

History edit

Precursors edit

The existence of a general staff academy for the Russian military dates back to the Imperial period, with the founding of the Imperial Military Academy in Saint Petersburg in 1832, and its official opening on 8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1832.[2] In 1855 the academy was renamed the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff, commemorating Emperor Nicholas I, who had died that year.[2] Further renamings followed, to the Nikolaev Military Academy in 1909, the Imperial Nikolaev Military Academy in 1910, and back to the Nikolaev Military Academy in 1917. Following the Russian Revolutions, the Nikolaev Military Academy functioned in support of the White Army, being evacuated to territory held by Admiral Alexander Kolchak. With the defeat of the White cause in the Russian Civil War, the academy ceased to exist in 1921, with its final graduation held in Vladivostok at the end of that year.[2]

 
Academy of the General Staff on Vernadskogo prosp., 100

In the meantime a new academy had been established by the Red Army, in light of its early experiences during the first stages of the Civil War, which had demonstrated the inadvisability of entrusting battlefield commands to former workers and soldiers who had little experience of tactics or of leading men.[3] On 7 October 1918 the Revolutionary Military Council ordered the foundation of the General Staff Academy of the Red Army, based in Moscow.[3] The first intake of students, who joined on 25 November that year, numbered 183, with the official opening of the academy taking place on 8 December 1918.[3] In August 1921 this became the Military Academy of the Red Army, with the focus on training personnel in tactical warfare.[2] Additional nine-month courses were established to provide operational-strategic command training, termed the Higher Military Academic Courses, which from 1931 became one-year-long courses as part of the academy's Faculty of Operations.[2] These courses became the basis of the creation of a new General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces [ru], and in 1936 a new staff college was created, split from the M. V. Frunze Military Academy, as the Military Academy of the Red Army had been known since 1925.[2][3]

Soviet General Staff Academy edit

The academy trained large numbers of senior commanders and staff officers prior to, and during, the Second World War. From 1941 it became the K. E. Voroshilov Military Academy of the General Staff of the Red Army, and in April 1942 it was named the K. Е. Voroshilov Higher Military Academy, and in 1958 the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR.[2] It became the K. E. Voroshilov Military Academy of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1969.[4]

Russian General Staff Academy edit

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the academy became part of the Russian Armed Forces, and since 1992 has been the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.[2]

 
Assembly hall of the academy
 
Graduate badge until 1992
 
Gold medal for the excellent graduates 1950

Awards edit

Notable faculty edit

Notable alumni edit

Chiefs since 1936 edit

 
Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky with Chinese Defence Minister General Li Shangfu on 17 April 2023

References edit

  1. ^ William E Odom, The Collapse of the Soviet Military, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1998
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "История академии". Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации (in Russian). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "История". Военный учебно-научный центр Сухопутных войск «Общевойсковая ордена Жукова академия Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации» (in Russian). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. ^ Scott & Scott. The Armed Forces of the USSR. pp. 354–5.
  5. ^ "Министр обороны вручил орден Кутузова Военной академии Генерального штаба Вооруженных сил России". Министерство обороны Российской Федерации. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  6. ^ Академия Генерального штаба (General Staff Academy). – М., Военное издательство, 1987. с. 242.
  7. ^ Академия Генерального штаба. – М., Военное издательство, 1987. с. 243.
  8. ^ "Phó Đô đốc Mai Xuân Vĩnh được phong tặng danh hiệu Anh hùng LLVT nhân". 13 April 2017.
  9. ^ Scott and Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004, p.194

January 01, 1970
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still are admitted to the Academy in the ranks of lieutenant colonel colonel and General Major one star Most were colonels or newly promoted generals Officers enter in their late 30s as a general rule Officers selected for this academy would have first attended the appropriate service or branch academy see Military academies in Russia Graduates who were not already generals or admirals usually were promoted to this rank a short time after completing the course Length of the academy was only two years in contrast to the three years for the branch and service academies Faculty and students of the General Staff Academy were involved in debates over Soviet military restructuring in the last years of the USSR They became associated with the military reform efforts of Major Vladimir Lopatin and made specific suggestions for deep force reductions 1 As of 22 November 2017 Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky has been the chief of the academy Contents 1 History 1 1 Precursors 1 2 Soviet General Staff Academy 1 3 Russian General Staff Academy 2 Awards 3 Notable faculty 4 Notable alumni 5 Chiefs since 1936 6 ReferencesHistory editPrecursors edit The existence of a general staff academy for the Russian military dates back to the Imperial period with the founding of the Imperial Military Academy in Saint Petersburg in 1832 and its official opening on 8 December O S 26 November 1832 2 In 1855 the academy was renamed the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff commemorating Emperor Nicholas I who had died that year 2 Further renamings followed to the Nikolaev Military Academy in 1909 the Imperial Nikolaev Military Academy in 1910 and back to the Nikolaev Military Academy in 1917 Following the Russian Revolutions the Nikolaev Military Academy functioned in support of the White Army being evacuated to territory held by Admiral Alexander Kolchak With the defeat of the White cause in the Russian Civil War the academy ceased to exist in 1921 with its final graduation held in Vladivostok at the end of that year 2 nbsp Academy of the General Staff on Vernadskogo prosp 100 In the meantime a new academy had been established by the Red Army in light of its early experiences during the first stages of the Civil War which had demonstrated the inadvisability of entrusting battlefield commands to former workers and soldiers who had little experience of tactics or of leading men 3 On 7 October 1918 the Revolutionary Military Council ordered the foundation of the General Staff Academy of the Red Army based in Moscow 3 The first intake of students who joined on 25 November that year numbered 183 with the official opening of the academy taking place on 8 December 1918 3 In August 1921 this became the Military Academy of the Red Army with the focus on training personnel in tactical warfare 2 Additional nine month courses were established to provide operational strategic command training termed the Higher Military Academic Courses which from 1931 became one year long courses as part of the academy s Faculty of Operations 2 These courses became the basis of the creation of a new General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces ru and in 1936 a new staff college was created split from the M V Frunze Military Academy as the Military Academy of the Red Army had been known since 1925 2 3 Soviet General Staff Academy edit The academy trained large numbers of senior commanders and staff officers prior to and during the Second World War From 1941 it became the K E Voroshilov Military Academy of the General Staff of the Red Army and in April 1942 it was named the K E Voroshilov Higher Military Academy and in 1958 the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR 2 It became the K E Voroshilov Military Academy of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces in 1969 4 Russian General Staff Academy edit With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the academy became part of the Russian Armed Forces and since 1992 has been the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia 2 nbsp Assembly hall of the academy nbsp Graduate badge until 1992 nbsp Gold medal for the excellent graduates 1950Awards editOrder of Kutuzov 2015 5 Order of Lenin 1968 Order of the Red Banner 1986 Order of Suvorov I degree 1945 Order of the Red Banner Czechoslovakia 1967 Scharnhorst Order GDR 1969 Order of the Banner of Work Poland 1973 Order of the People s Republic of Bulgaria NRB 1974 Order of the Red Banner Hungarian People s Republic 1975 Order of Sukhbaatar Mongolian People s Republic 1976 Order of Antonio Maceo Cuba 1982 Order of Ho Chi Minh Vietnam 1986 Notable faculty editFyodor Kuznetsov Commandant of the Academy 1942 1943 Colonel General Matvei Zakharov Commandant of the Academy 1945 1949 amp 1963 1964 Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Karbyshev Doctor of Military Sciences professor Gregory Lavrik Doctor of Military Sciences professor 6 Valentin Rog Doctor of Military Sciences professor Major General of aviation 7 Ivan Timokhovich Doctor of Historical Sciences professor Major General of aviation Notable alumni editBeqir Balluku Albanian former Minister of Defense Teme Sejko Albanian rear admiral and commander of the Albanian navy in the 1950s Sherali Mirzo Tajik Minister of Defence Saken Zhasuzakov former Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Taalaibek Omuraliev Kyrgyz Minister of Defence Aleksi Inauri Chairman of the Georgian KGB Horst Stechbarth Deputy Minister of Defense of the GDR Mai Xuan Vĩnh vi Vietnamese Vice admiral and Chief of the Vietnam People s Navy 8 Phung Quang Thanh Vietnamese former Minister of Defense of Vietnam Hmayak Babayan Armenian Red Army Major General and Hero of the Soviet Union Sergey Chemezov CEO of Rostec Corporation Yordan Milanov Bulgarian Air Force Major General Georgij Alafuzoff former Chief of Finnish Military Intelligence Service as well as former Director of the Intelligence Directorate of the European Union Military Staff Sedrak Saroyan Armenian general and member of parliament Chiefs since 1936 edit nbsp Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky with Chinese Defence Minister General Li Shangfu on 17 April 2023 Komdiv Dmitry Kuchinsky 1936 1937 Kombrig Ivan Shlemin 1937 1940 Lieutenant General Fyodor Kuznetsov July August 1940 Lieutenant General Vasily Mordvinov 1940 1941 Lieutenant General Yevgeny Shilovsky 1941 1942 Colonel General Fyodor Kuznetsov 1942 1943 Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov 1943 1945 Lieutenant General Vasily Mordvinov March November 1945 Army General Matvei Zakharov 1945 1949 Army General Vladimir Kurasov 1946 1956 Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Bagramyan 1956 1958 Army General German Malandin 1958 1961 Army General Vladimir Kurasov 1961 1963 Marshal of the Soviet Union Matvei Zakharov 1963 1965 Army General Vladimir Ivanov 1965 1968 Army General Semion Ivanov 1968 1973 Army General Ivan Shavrov 1973 1979 Army General Mikhail Kozlov 1979 1986 Army General Grigory Salmonov 1986 1989 Colonel General Igor Rodionov 1989 1996 Colonel General Valery Tretyakov 1996 1999 Colonel General Viktor Chechevatov 1999 2005 Army General Ivan Yefremov 2005 2007 9 Army General Alexander Belousov 2007 2009 Army General Vladimir Yakovlev 2009 2012 Lieutenant General of the Reserve Andrei Tretyak 2012 2013 Colonel General of the Reserve Sergei Makarov 2013 2016 Lieutenant General Sergei Kuralenko 2016 2017 Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky 2017 present References edit William E Odom The Collapse of the Soviet Military Yale University Press New Haven and London 1998 a b c d e f g h Istoriya akademii Voennaya akademiya Generalnogo shtaba Vooruzhennyh Sil Rossijskoj Federacii in Russian Ministry of Defence Retrieved 13 March 2020 a b c d Istoriya Voennyj uchebno nauchnyj centr Suhoputnyh vojsk Obshevojskovaya ordena Zhukova akademiya Vooruzhennyh Sil Rossijskoj Federacii in Russian Ministry of Defence Retrieved 11 March 2020 Scott amp Scott The Armed Forces of the USSR pp 354 5 Ministr oborony vruchil orden Kutuzova Voennoj akademii Generalnogo shtaba Vooruzhennyh sil Rossii Ministerstvo oborony Rossijskoj Federacii 2015 06 19 Retrieved 2015 06 19 Akademiya Generalnogo shtaba General Staff Academy M Voennoe izdatelstvo 1987 s 242 Akademiya Generalnogo shtaba M Voennoe izdatelstvo 1987 s 243 Pho Đo đốc Mai Xuan Vĩnh được phong tặng danh hiệu Anh hung LLVT nhan 13 April 2017 Scott and Scott Russian Military Directory 2004 p 194 Scott Harriet Fast Scott William F 1981 The Armed Forces of the USSR 2 ed London Arms and Armour Press ISBN 0 85368 287 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia amp oldid 1181925552, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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