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Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky ( VA VPVO of the Russian Armed Forces) - a registered military higher education institution, located in the city of Smolensk, on Kotovsky Street, house No. 2.

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By order of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 31, No. 146, the Military Academy of Air Defense of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation was established on the basis of the Smolensk Higher Engineering School of Radio Electronics of the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces. Designed to train officers for formations, military units and air defense units of the Ground Forces, Airborne Forces, coastal forces of the Navy, as well as for air defense units and units of other types and branches of the Russian Armed Forces.

Before the creation of the academy in Smolensk, the training of officers with higher military education was carried out: from 1939 to 1953 - at the command department of anti-aircraft artillery of the Military Artillery Academy named after. F. E. Dzerzhinsky, Moscow; from 1953 to 1962 - at the command department of anti-aircraft artillery of the Military Artillery Command Academy, Leningrad. Since 1962, the full faculty of anti-aircraft artillery was transferred to the Military Artillery Engineering School named after S. M. Kirov (Kiev), and in 1974, on the basis of this faculty, a branch of the Military Artillery Academy named after. M.I. Kalinin, which in 1977 was transformed into the Military Academy of Air Defense of the Ground Forces, which existed until 1992 (until the collapse of the Soviet Union).

In accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1009 of August 29, the Military Academy of Air Defense of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation was transformed into the Military University of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with a branch in Orenburg, which was transformed from.

Monument to the Orenburg Military School with plaques with the names of the best graduates.

Heads of the Academy

Colonel General V.K. Chertkov (1992 - 2003);
Colonel General N. A. Frolov (2003 - 2005),
lieutenant general

Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky is a higher military educational institution of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, designed to train officers for formations, military units and air defense units of the Ground Forces, Airborne Forces, coastal forces of the Navy and other law enforcement departments and ministries of the Russian Federation.

The history of the Academy dates back to the formation of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery Faculty at the Military Artillery Academy of the Red Army named after F.E. on May 20, 1939 in Moscow. Dzerzhinsky, which served as the basis for the formation of a branch of the Military Artillery Academy of Air Defense in the city of Kyiv. Subsequently, as the tasks facing the Ground Forces became more complex and they were saturated with new equipment and weapons, the academy went through a number of stages and transformations:

1941-1945 – the faculty of anti-aircraft artillery as part of the Military Artillery Academy was evacuated to Samarkand;

1953-1962 – Faculty of Anti-Aircraft Artillery at the Military Artillery Academy named after M.I. Kalinina (Leningrad);

1962-1974 – command faculty of anti-aircraft artillery at KVAIU named after S.M. Kirov (Kyiv);

1974-1977 – branch of the air defense of the Ground Forces of the Military Artillery Academy named after M.I. Kalinina (Kyiv);

1977-1992 – Military Academy of Air Defense of the Ground Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky (Kiev);

1992 – The Military Academy of Air Defense of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation (Smolensk) accumulated in its composition:

1992 – Poltava VZRKKU, Kiev VZRIU of Air Defense of the Ground Forces, Smolensk VIURE Air Defense, VA Air Defense SV (Kiev), 39 Central Research Institute

2000 – St. Petersburg VZRKU;

2008 – Orenburg VZRU (VI).

By Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 593 of May 11, 2007, the Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was given the honorary name “named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky."

The Academy is located in one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Russia - Smolensk. Smolensk is a city whose history is inseparable from the history of the Fatherland. During the years of difficult trials, he protected the Russian state and its capital from the enemy with a reliable shield.

Organizationally, the academy includes:

management, 17 departments
5 faculties
research center and other departments and services supporting the educational process.

Academy faculties:

1 faculty (anti-aircraft missile systems and medium-range systems);
2nd faculty (anti-aircraft missile systems and short-range systems);
3rd faculty (short-range anti-aircraft systems);
4 faculty (retraining and advanced training);
officer courses (for training specialists with higher military operational-tactical training);
special faculty.

At faculties 1, 2, 3, cadets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation study under the following programs:

with higher military special training in the following specialties: “Special radio engineering systems”, qualification (degree) – “engineer”, form of training – full-time, duration of training – 5 years; “Application and operation of automated systems for special purposes”, qualification (degree) – “engineer”, form of training – full-time, duration of training – 5 years. Graduates receive full military-special training in a command-engineering profile with the rank of “lieutenant”; they are issued a state diploma of higher professional education;
with secondary military special training in the specialty “Radio Equipment Engineering”, qualification (degree) – “radio engineer”, form of training – full-time, duration of training – 2 years 10 months. Graduates receive basic military-special training, are awarded the military rank of "ensign", and are issued a state diploma of secondary vocational education (middle-level specialist).
Faculty 4 carries out retraining and advanced training in various specialties of military personnel and civilian personnel of the RF Armed Forces.

Officer courses provide training for officers with the highest military operational-tactical training with a training period of 2 years.

A special faculty was created in 1995 to train military specialists from foreign countries.

Today the academy has:

the best laboratory, research and scientific base among universities in the city of Smolensk;
training areas, auditoriums, laboratories and classrooms equipped according to the most modern requirements with a total area of more than 33,600 m²;
reading rooms, library (more than 330 thousand copies);
games and gymnasiums, stadiums, shooting ranges;
two dining rooms, a tea room;
medical and health complex and clinic;
a training ground with a system of training command posts and field training facilities (autodrome, positions for weapons and military equipment, tactical field).

Military Academy of Military Air Defense
Armed Forces
Russian Federation
named after Marshal of the Soviet Union
A.M. Vasilevsky

Prominent Soviet statesman and military figure, great
commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (07/29/1944 and 09/08/1945), twice awarded the highest military order "Victory", many orders and medals, Weapon of Honor.

In the Soviet Army since 1919. Participant in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. During the Great Patriotic War, he headed the General Staff of the Red Army, was a member of the Supreme Command Headquarters and at the same time the Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, the author and participant of almost all strategic operations, and in August - September 1945, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet troops in the Far East, Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky brilliantly planned and carried out the defeat of the Kwantung group of Japanese forces.

Under his leadership, Soviet troops liberated from the aggressor
Manchuria, North Korea and the original Russian lands were returned to Russia - South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, which became a victorious point in World War II.

Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky
(16.09.1895 - 05.12.1977)

Marshal of the Soviet Union

Heads of the Military Academy of Air Defense
Ground Forces and Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky

Evgeniy Mikhailovich KRASKEVICH

Head of the Air Defense Branch of the NE VAA named after M.I. Kalinina Lieutenant General of Artillery (1974 - 1977)

Alexander Ivanovich KOZHEVNIKOV

Head of the VA Air Defense Forces, Colonel General of Artillery (1977 - 1983)

Leonid Mikhailovich GONCHAROV

Head of the VA Air Defense Forces, Colonel General of Artillery (1983 - 1986)

Boris Innokentievich DUKHOV

Head of the VA Air Defense Forces, Colonel General (1986 - 1991)

Viktor Kuzmich CHERTKOV

Head of the Military Air Defense Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel General of the Military Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces (1992 - 2003)

Nikolai Alekseevich FROLOV

Head of the Military Air Defense Institution of the Russian Armed Forces, Military Air Defense Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General (2003 - 2005)

Anatoly Dmitrievich GAVRILOV

Head of the Military Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General (2005 - 2009)

Alexander Nikolaevich DAVYDOV

Head of the Military Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel (2010 - 2013)

Gleb Vladimirovich ERYOMIN

Chief of the VA Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, Major General (from 2013 to present)

Management staff of the Military Academy
air defense of the Russian Armed Forces
Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky

Eremin Gleb Vladimirovich was born on April 13, 1961.
He graduated from the Leningrad Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School in 1982, the Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Ground Forces in 1993, and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in 2003.

Honored Military Specialist of the Russian Federation since 2015. Candidate of Military Sciences (2015). He held such main positions as: chief of staff - deputy commander of an anti-aircraft missile brigade
Army Corps of the Siberian Military District; commander
anti-aircraft missile brigade in the Siberian Military District;
air defense of the Leningrad Military District;
chief of staff - first deputy chief of troops
air defense of the Moscow Military District;
Chief of the Moscow Air Defense Troops
military district.

In 2013, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed
Head of the Military Academy of Military Anti-Aircraft
defense of the armed forces of the Russian Federation named after
Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky.

Awarded the Order of Military Merit.

Eremin Gleb Vladimirovich

Head of the Academy, Honored Military Specialist of the Russian Federation,
Candidate of Military Sciences, Major General

Novikov Boris
Alexeyevich

deputy head of the academy,
Colonel

Vasilchenko Oleg Vladimirovich

deputy chief
academy for educational and
scientific work, honorary worker of higher education
professional
education of the Russian Federation, academician
AVN, Doctor of Technical Sciences,
professor, major general

Stakhovich Igor
Rostislavovich

deputy chief
academies for work
with personnel -
Department head,
Colonel

Darmograi Andrey
Anatolevich

deputy chief
academy for material
technical support –
Department head,
Colonel

Training of air defense specialists
at the Military Academy of Military Anti-Aircraft
defense of the armed forces of the Russian Federation
named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky

Today's tasks for training specialists
for military air defense successfully solved by the Military Academy
military air defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky and three training centers of the air defense forces of the North.

The Military Academy, which celebrated its 76th anniversary on May 20, 2015, is intended to train all categories of specialists for the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces, Airborne Forces, Coastal Forces of the Fleet, as well as other ministries and departments of the Russian Federation and provides training
doctoral students, adjuncts, listeners, cadets and students
comrades in 38 specialties.

At a special faculty of the academy, foreign military personnel from 25 countries are trained in all specialties of the Air Defense Forces according to
concluded agreements.

In accordance with the decision made by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army S.K. Shoigu in 2013, the academy remained an independent university in its existing status, for two years it has been carrying out full-fledged enrollments of students and cadets, and a research center has been introduced into its structure, which has become the legal successor 39 Research Institute of Air Defense Troops St.

One of the important events that directly influenced educational activities
our university, was an assessment of the effectiveness of the academy’s activities by a commission of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in 2014.

Based on the results of the commission’s work, directions for further development were developed, on the basis of which the Academy Development Program for the period until 2020 was developed and approved by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
(Road map).

In order to implement the Road Map, work has been carried out to rework (develop for master's programs) the educational and methodological complex for organizing and conducting educational activities, taking into account modern requirements for combat and daily activities of troops, the use of innovative technologies and the latest achievements of science.

As part of equipping the Air Force Academy in accordance with
With the Academy's Development Program, a number of new types of weapons and military equipment were received.

In order to increase the efficiency of educational activities, as part of the development of interuniversity academic
relationships, the Academy has concluded agreements with a number of educational organizations and industrial enterprises on cooperation on equal and mutually beneficial terms.

At the academy, as part of additional professional education, advanced training and retraining of personnel for military air defense are organized.

Based on the results of the educational activities of the academy, as part of an all-army competition in the “Mentor” category, the deputy head of the department, Colonel S. N. Barsukov, won, who at the First All-Army Festival “Russian Army” on September 13, 2014 was awarded a cup and diploma “Best teacher of a military educational institution” Russian Ministry of Defense."

Chief of Air Defense Forces, Lieutenant General A. P. Leonov
presents diplomas to academy graduates

In April 2015, according to the order
Rosobrnadzor, the academy successfully carried out an accreditation examination of the educational programs being implemented. The results of the examination are positive and approved by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated June 2, 2015.

April 22, 2015 according to
According to the instructions of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the academy, under the leadership of the head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General V.P. Goremykin, a training session was held with the chairmen of state
examination commissions, officials of military administration bodies and educational organizations of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, which was attended by 128 representatives of the central bodies of military administration, Army, Air Force, Navy, Strategic Missile Forces, Aerospace Defense Forces, Airborne Forces and universities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, of which more than 40 generals and admirals. The task set by the Minister
Defense of the Russian Federation, the Academy has completed. The collection goals have been achieved.

On June 20, 2015, the next graduation from the academy of highly qualified military personnel for the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces, specializing in the field of electronics, radio engineering and communication systems, took place.

This solemn event was preceded by the work of the state examination commission chaired by the chief of the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces, Lieutenant General A.P. Leonov. Each graduate passed the state final certification and received an objective assessment of his work for the period
training at the academy.

A special feature of the 2015 state final certification was that for the first time, students developed and defended a final qualifying thesis in the form of a master's thesis. Members of the state
The examination commission noted the high level of training of students.

Based on the results of the work of the state examination commission, they graduated from the academy with honors and were nominated for award with the medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “For excellent completion of the military
educational institution of higher education
vocational education of the Ministry of Defense
Russian Federation" 8 graduates.

The State Examination Commission noted the increased level of professional training of academy graduates, which was the result of the purposeful and coordinated work of the academy’s management, teaching staff and the students themselves.

Traditionally, the ritual of graduation and presentation of diplomas to graduating officers took place in the central square of the hero city of Smolensk.

The solemn ceremony was attended by: Chief of the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces, Lieutenant General A. P. Leonov, Chief Federal Inspector for the Smolensk Region of the Office of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District I. A. Zhukov and Deputy
Governor of the Smolensk Region L.V. Platonov, veterans of the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces Colonel General N.A. Frolov, V.K. Chertkov, Lieutenant General A.D. Gavrilov and V.L. Kanevsky. The most worthy graduates of the academy took part in the ceremonial reception by the President of the Russian Federation - Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kremlin.

This year the next intake of cadets for the first year of training took place. They were given a general military training course, upon completion of which the young recruits took the military oath and began mastering academic disciplines.

The organization and conduct of educational activities, the state of the infrastructure, educational and material base, the quality and staffing of teaching staff ensure that the academy fulfills the tasks of training military personnel for military air defense in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Military history work at a university as
element of professional training for students

Military historical work (VIR) at the Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky is planned, systematic and purposeful.

It is subordinated to achieving the main goal - quality education and patriotic education of students.
Based on this, the main task of the academy in this direction is to ensure a close relationship between the military-historical and operational-tactical training of students and cadets.

It is necessary, using historical examples, to ensure that students firmly grasp the basic principles of military art and how they were implemented by generals, commanders and commanders in operations and battles of the past in order to master the art of combat in the conditions of the present and potential future.

Military historical work at the academy is carried out under the leadership and with the direct participation of the head of the academy
Major General G.V. Eremin, Deputy Head of the Academy
for educational and scientific work of Major General O. V. Vasilchenko,
head of the department (organization of scientific work and training of scientific and pedagogical personnel) Colonel D. G. Maiburov, heads of structural divisions of the academy.

Sodol Nikolay Petrovich

senior researcher at the Scientific Research Center of the Military Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces,
Professor of the Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Military Sciences, Associate Professor,
retired colonel

This work is carried out in the following areas: military historical research; implementation of the results of military historical research; the use of military historical knowledge in training academy personnel; the use of military historical knowledge in patriotic work.

At the same time, the location of the academy in the hero city of Smolensk gives special significance to military-historical work. Its military history and the history of the Smolensk region
cause special respect and have rich potential for training and education of modern youth.

The effectiveness of military history work is ensured by the implementation of its various forms in the activities of the university. At the same time, we emphasize that one of the main forms is military history education at a university, which should provide military history knowledge to students, cadets and the permanent staff of the academy.

The basis of military-historical work at the university is military-historical research and practical activities to use historical experience
in training and education of academy personnel.
Military historical research is currently being carried out on 11 initiative research projects in order to obtain new knowledge in the field of military history and use
them in training students and cadets and military-patriotic work.

The most interesting of them are the research projects dedicated to: the 100th anniversary of military air defense (research project “PVO-100”), the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War (research project “Rubezh”), the contribution of Smolensk nobles and military leaders, natives of the Smolensk region, to military history Russia (research work “Fatherland” and “Smolensk nobles”).

All research works have applied significance, the research results are implemented in the educational activities of the academy, which contributes to the promotion of the traditions of military air defense, the development of patriotism of the younger generation, as well as increasing interest in the study of national military history.

Based on the results of research work, the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Academy over the past three years have developed and published five monographs, eight textbooks, three of which are electronic.

The monographs of greatest interest are: “The Katyn tragedy in the context of information warfare” by candidate of philosophical sciences, associate professor G. A. Nikonorov; “South Ural Military District during the Great Patriotic War” by Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor R.V. Strelets; “Higher officers of the Smolensk region - the Russian Empire, the USSR, the Russian Federation” by associate professor M. V. Yanin; “Traditions of the Russian Army and their role in the military-patriotic education of military personnel in the 21st century” by a team of authors, in which Doctor of Philosophy, Professor A. S. Brychkov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor O. V. Vasilchenko, Associate Professor V. P. Karpeko.

Found and studied archival documents allowed researchers at our university to trace the history of the origin and development of
military air defense, anti-aircraft artillery weapons and equipment, anti-aircraft gunner training systems.

The results of historical research are reflected in four publications dedicated to the history of the development of military air defense and the 20th anniversary of the academy. To mark the anniversary of the branch of service, a historical essay “The Military Air Defense of Russia 100 Years” was published.

The academy annually hosts military history conferences and seminars, meetings with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, local wars and armed conflicts, military history quizzes and Olympiads. The leaders in carrying out these events are the departments headed by Colonels V.L. Dorokhov,
S. A. Klimov, A. V. Morozov, GP VS V. N. Seledtsova.

During the conferences and seminars, issues related to the analysis of the experience of using the domestic Armed Forces in the First World War and the Great Patriotic War, the experience of local wars and armed conflicts, as well as identifying the possibilities of using this experience in modern conditions were considered and discussed. An important place was reflected in the role of the city of Smolensk in the military fate of Russia.

Particular attention today is paid to the themes of patriotism, courage and heroism of Russian soldiers, the fight against falsification and distortion of facts and events of the military
history of Russia, exchange of experience in scientific work and its results on the development of military historical science.

Based on the results of conferences and seminars, thematic collections of materials are published, which are used in the educational activities of the academy.

At the moment, the greatest interest for military personnel in general and cadets in particular is the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference held in 2013, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the 1st Guards Red Banner Tank Army.

In preparation for the anniversary, a museum of the 1st Guards Red Banner Tank Army was opened in the city of Smolensk by the personnel of the academy and the veteran organization of the army. In 2014, the academy held two military-historical conferences: All-Russian military-historical conference on the topic
“Russia and its Armed Forces in the world wars: experience and significance for modern times” and an interuniversity military-historical conference on the topic “The contribution of Russian
officers in the development of natural sciences" and 26 military-historical seminars.

Teachers and cadets of the academy actively participate, including making presentations, in international and all-Russian conferences. In 2014 alone, representatives of the Academy took part in seven external international, all-Russian and interuniversity military-historical conferences, where they presented their new scientific reports and communications.

The academy pays serious attention to the use of military historical knowledge in training military personnel and conducting military-patriotic work. This direction of VIR is being implemented by carrying out a set of activities with the obligatory use of the historical heritage of the Smolensk region, the potential of the city’s veteran organizations, as well as the Smolensk diocese.

The academy's teaching staff constantly uses military-historical knowledge and personal military experience
when conducting training sessions and educational activities with students and cadets, thereby improving practical
the focus of training sessions conducted in the disciplines of the departments, deepening the military-historical knowledge of students, contributing to increasing the level of their professional skills, broadening their horizons and developing creative operational-tactical thinking, the ability to realize and deeply understand their military duty and personal responsibility in defending the Fatherland.

During classes, students, under the guidance of teachers, study the history and military traditions of the Russian Armed Forces
Forces, military air defense, analyze the experience of combat operations in local wars and armed conflicts, participate in the preparation and conduct of events on military-historical topics.

Meeting of academy personnel with veterans of the Great Patriotic War

Meetings of the academy personnel with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, as well as veterans of the military branches and the academy, with combat participants are regularly held
actions in armed conflicts. Such meetings, ensuring in practice a connection between generations, are an effective means in the patriotic education of cadets based on military traditions, preserving the historical memory of the feat of the Soviet people during the
Great Patriotic War.

In 2013 – 2015, teachers of the department,
headed by Colonel A.V. Morozov, a number of evenings on military-historical themes were held: “25 years of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Republic of Afghanistan”, “Day of Remembrance of paratroopers of the 6th parachute company of the 104th regiment of the Pskov Airborne Division, who died heroically in the Argun Gorge on March 1, 2000”, “They Fought for the Motherland”, etc. Thematic evenings contribute to the military-patriotic education of cadets based on heroic and military traditions, preserving the historical memory of the feat of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War, broadening their horizons and deepening their military - historical knowledge of cadets.

It has become traditional for the Russian language department to hold themed evenings with a military-historical focus with foreign military personnel from the special faculty studying at the academy.

Thus, in 2014, the evenings “History of the Great Patriotic War in Poems and Songs”, “Military History of Russia on the Pages of the Works of the Great Russian Poet M. Yu. Lermontov”, “Military History of Russia in the Poetry of the 19th – 20th Centuries” were held. The events took place in the regional universal library named after A. T. Tvardovsky. All of them are implemented in the form of a literary and musical composition, a recitation competition, in which cadets and officers of the special faculty read poetry,
written by Russian poets during the Great Patriotic War, they performed songs from the war and the post-war period, and showed a dramatization of Lermontov’s poem “Borodino”.

As the experience of holding such evenings shows,
they help foreign military personnel well
understand the culture and historical experience of Russia, the Russian language they are studying, cultivate a sense of international friendship and sympathy for their Russian colleagues, and simply broaden their horizons
and deepen military-historical knowledge.

For the purpose of military-patriotic education of pre-conscription youth for military-historical events held at the academy
cadets of the cadet boarding school “Smolensk Field Marshal Kutuzov Cadet Corps” and the Orenburg Presidential Cadet School, schoolchildren and students of schools and universities in the city of Smolensk, members of military-patriotic clubs of other cities (Bryansk, Velikiye Luki,
Orenburg). They are given lessons and excursions around the exhibitions of the Academy Museum and the 1st Guards Red Banner Tank Army.

A great contribution to the patriotic education of schoolchildren in Smolensk is made by the School of Future Officers “Banner”, created on the basis of the academy, which conducts scheduled classes for high school students, including military history, as well as the Smolensk regional branch of the All-Russian public organization of veterans “Combat” brotherhood”, headed by a participant in combat operations in Afghanistan, leading inspector of the Russian Defense Ministry, retired Lieutenant General V. V. Kanevsky.

Foreign military personnel read poems by Russian and Soviet front-line poets

Military-historical excursions to battle sites, visits to museums, memorials and other memorable military-historical places of the hero city of Smolensk and the Smolensk region are regularly conducted with students and family members of the teaching staff.
optional viewing and discussion of military-historical feature films and documentaries.

These events are most actively carried out by teachers of the departments headed by Colonels A.F. Ulasen, A.V. Morozov, GP Armed Forces E.P. Pavlova, V.N. Seledtsova.

Excursions are educational and thematic in nature, being a good addition to the educational process, which combines training and
spiritual and moral education.

Excursions allow students to become familiar with military history and culture in a practical, informal setting.
Smolensk and the Smolensk region, deepen their knowledge of military history, which is studied in classes at the academy, and broaden their horizons.

Cadets take part in the military-historical conference
cadet boarding school "Smolensk Field Marshal Kutuzov Cadet Corps"

All this contributes to a deeper and higher-quality assimilation of the material of military-historical academic disciplines.

Every year at the Academy, in order to maintain the motivation of cadets to improve their military-historical knowledge, the Department of Tactics and Operational Art holds an Olympiad in Military History, at which cadets demonstrate knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of the studied discipline “Military History”.

100% of cadets take part in this event. The Olympiad is held under the motto “How our grandfathers fought” in two stages - faculty and academic. Based on the results of the first stage, the winners among cadets in the individual championship and in the team championship among training groups and courses are determined. Based on the results of the second stage, faculty positions are determined. From among the winners in the individual championship, a national team of academy cadets is formed, which subsequently takes part in the third stage - in the All-Army Olympiad for cadets of higher military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in military history, in which the team of our academy has repeatedly won prizes.

The national team of academy cadets at the XIV International Military Olympiad
stories. In solving educational
The organization of military-scientific work plays an important role in the tasks of the university, within the framework of which military-scientific work of a historical orientation is organized, carried out by students and cadets.

Participation in this work contributes to: mastering the methodology and skills of conducting independent scientific research, developing scientific topics in the field of military history; development of creative thinking, independence in deepening and consolidating military-historical knowledge acquired during training. Much valuable and instructive experience in attracting students and cadets to work in military scientific sections has been accumulated in the departments headed by Colonels V.L. Dorokhov, S.A. Klimov, A.F. Ulasen, A.V. Morozov, N. I. Birko, GP VS V. N. Seledtsova.

Every year, the academy hosts anniversary celebrations, including: ceremonial meetings dedicated to Defender of the Fatherland Day, the anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, rallies and formations of personnel on the days of memorable dates in Russia, ceremonial events held at the academy, including the Day of Remembrance of Russians, who performed their duty outside the Fatherland, Day of Remembrance and Sorrow - the day the Great Patriotic War began (1941), as well as the day the first-year cadets took the oath, the day the officers graduated from the academy, and others.

Thus, on December 23, 2014, a ceremonial meeting dedicated to the 99th anniversary of the formation of military air defense was held at the Military Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The event was attended by top officials of the city and region. The following speakers addressed the cadets and officers: the head of the Military Academy, Colonel G. V. Eremin, the governor of the Smolensk region A. Ostrovsky, Colonel General V. Chertkov, who
headed the academy until 2003, Chief Federal Inspector for the Smolensk Region I. Zhukov, Bishop of Smolensk and Vyazemsky Isidor.

The ceremonial meeting was attended by the head of the city
Smolensk E. Pavlov and head of the city administration N. Alasheev.

In a festive atmosphere, A. Ostrovsky presented departmental awards of the Russian Federation to the academy servicemen - medals “For Labor Valor”, “For Distinction in Exercises”, “For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth”, “For Military Valor”.

The honored guests got acquainted with the material and technical base of the academy and visited the training ground, where a demonstration of actions on the march and during the deployment of a battery of anti-aircraft missile systems took place.

Not a single city military-patriotic event is complete without the participation of the Military Academy. Every year in the hero city of Smolensk there are ceremonies dedicated to Victory Day, parades, laying flowers at the Eternal Flame, the bust of the Hero of the Soviet Union Sergeant M. A. Egorov - the standard bearer of Victory, who hoisted the flag over the fascist Reichstag, and other festive events in which representatives academy and honor guard company.

On May 9, 2015, the Academy took part in the anniversary military parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 on the square of the hero city of Smolensk. Representatives of the Academy took part in all
events held by the administration of the city of Smolensk and the Smolensk region as part of the celebration
70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

On the territory of the academy, a temple was opened of the holy martyr warrior Mercury of Smolensk, whose activities contribute to the education of patriotism and the spiritual development of modern youth.

One of the new forms of military history work at the academy is search activity. In 2011, on the initiative of officers and cadets with the support of the academy command, the Academy’s search squad “Front” was created.

The leader of the detachment on a voluntary basis is the head of the course, Major A. A. Artamonov. Currently in the squad
There are 11 officers and cadets of the academy. Members of the detachment interact with the Smolensk regional center for heroic-patriotic education and social assistance to youth “Dolg”.

Every year, the academy's search team participates in:

In interregional and international educational and training “Memory Watches” and events for the patriotic education of youth conducted within their framework;

At rallies dedicated to the “Day of Remembrance and Sorrow”,
which are held in the city of Smolensk and the city of Pochinok, Smolensk region;

In the transfer of the remains of dead Soviet soldiers to relatives and the burial of unknown soldiers at the war memorial cemetery.

In addition, members of the detachment took part in the Spartakiad of pre-conscription and conscription youth, held by the regional branch of DOSAAF
Russia Smolensk region; at the X All-Russian exhibition “Symbols of the Fatherland” September 18–22, 2012 in the city
Moscow and other events.

For their great personal contribution to perpetuating the memory of soldiers killed in defense of the Fatherland and military-patriotic education of youth, representatives of the detachment were awarded letters of gratitude from the heads of the administration of the city of Smolensk and districts of the Smolensk region.

Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky is a single educational and scientific center that provides multi-level training of air defense officers with the highest operational-tactical training and full military-special training for the air defense forces of the Ground Forces, Airborne Forces, coastal fleet forces, as well as other ministries and departments of the Russian Federation . Scientific research and training of scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel are conducted here.

Today, the Air Defense Academy consists of 17 departments, five faculties and a research center, where more than 300 scientists work, including 40 doctors of science. The doctoral dissertation council works effectively, the scientific and scientific expert councils, the Smolensk regional branches of the Academy of Military Sciences, the Russian Scientific and Technical Society of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Communications named after A.S. Popov, United Fund of Electronic Resources “Science and Education”.

The highly qualified teaching staff of the Academy not only provides comprehensive training for officers for the Air Defense Forces, but also, within the framework of 12 scientific schools, led by leading scientists of the military branch, conducts scientific research in the field of further development of the Air Defense Forces, the development and improvement of forms and methods of combat use, increasing the effectiveness of fire control of formations, military units and units of the Air Defense Forces, improvement of weapons, military and special equipment of the Air Defense Forces, solving problems of their combat use, daily and combat activities of units, military units and formations of the Air Defense Forces.

The training of military specialists at the academy is carried out in 38 specialties:

Officers with higher military operational-tactical training - in two specialties with a standard training period of 2 years;

Officers with full military special training - in eight specialties with a standard training period of 5 years;

Scientific and pedagogical personnel - in three specialties;

Retraining and advanced training of military specialists - in 22 specialties;

Sergeants with secondary military special training with a training period of 2 years 10 months - in three specialties.

The Academy is a center for summarizing and analyzing the results of various military exercises, testing draft new guidance documents, and researching the processes of operating weapons and equipment. The practical military experience accumulated at the Academy makes it possible to use knowledge and skills in the development and substantiation of proposals for the development and construction of troops, draft combat manuals and manuals, rules of combat work in weapons and equipment of the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces.