Zhukov Military Academy for Air Defense Commanders

Zhukov Military Academy for Air Defense Commanders
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founding	1866
Sponsorship	Ministry of Defense , military college,; Russian Federation
place	Tver
Chief of the Military Academy	xxx, (yyy)
Students	more than zzz since 1919
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Main building of the Zhukov Military Academy

Awards

The Zhukov Military Academy for Air Defense Commanders ( Russian: Военная академия воздушно-космической обороны имени Маршала укова ) is one of the four Soviet Air Defense Forces academies .

The academy was founded in 1956. The seat of the academy is in Tver , the former Kalinin. After Zhukov's death in 1974, the academy was given his name.

Commanders are trained in the field of air defense at the academy. As the scientific center for questions of air defense, it deals with problems of the operational art and tactics of air defense. Attention is also paid to perfecting the leadership of air defense troops.

The Academy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1981 .

Well-known graduates

Anatoly Alexejewitsch Nogowitsyn (1980), Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces .
Alexander Alexandrovich Skworzow (1997)

literature

Александр П. Горкин: Военный энциклопедический словарь. Volume 1. Большая Российская энциклопедия, Москва 2001, ISBN 5-85270-219-6 , p. 326, (Russian).