Suvorov Military School
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The Suvorov Military Schools are a type of boarding school in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia and Belarus for boys of 14–18. Education in these schools focuses on military related subjects. The schools are named after Alexander Suvorov, the great 18th century general.
Their naval counterparts among Russian military schools for teenagers are the Nakhimov Naval Schools. They are named after Pavel Nakhimov, the 19th century admiral.
History
The Suvorov and Nakhimov school models were created during the Second World War in December 1943 to provide boys of school age, particularly those from families of military personnel, with a secondary education specializing in military (army, navy, intelligence, etc.) subjects and training.[1] Boarding school aspect was particularly important at the time because many students were war orphans, who were either without parents or with only a surviving mother, unable to support them. A number still exist in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Other schools have existed in other Soviet republics. The former Kiev Suvorov Military School in Ukraine was reorganized in 1992 and named after Ivan Bohun in 1998. In July 1991, the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR signed an order making the Bishkek Suvorov Military School and the Ulyanovsk Guards Suvorov Military School.[2] Although the school in Ulyanovsk was created, the Bishkek branch was not created due to the collapse of the USSR.[3] Carey Schofield, a British journalist with close links to the Soviet Armed Forces, wrote in 1990–91, 'it is still generally accepted that the best way for an officer to start his career is to attend one of the very smart Suvorov or Nakhimov schools, the military boarding schools.'[4] She noted that at that time, several of the original schools had closed, leaving eight Suvorov schools and a single Nakhimov school across the whole of the Soviet Union. Harriet F. Scott and William F. Scott, in the Russian Military Directory 2004, listed Suvorov schools active at the time in Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Vladikavkaz, Tver, Ulyanovsk, and Ussuriysk. In 2016, the Defense Ministry announced plans to reopen the Tula SMS campus. Its new campus in Perm opened in 2014 and so is the youngest school to be opened, together with the Orenburg campus (2010) and Irtusk (also 2014).
Republican Special Boarding Schools
Republican Special Boarding Schools (Russian: Республиканские специальные школы-интернаты) are military schools that were created in the early 1980s on the basis of the Suvorov Military Schools. They were subordinate to the Ministry of Education of the USSR. Pupils were given a similar education as is given in the Suvorov Schools. These schools existed in the following cities:
- Almaty (now the Baurzhan Momyshuly Almaty Republican Military School has existed since 1983)
- Ashgabat (now the Republican General Specialized Boarding School)
- Baku
- Chișinău
- Frunze (now the Kyrgyz State National Military Lyceum)
- Dushanbe (now the Mastibek Tashmukhamedov Military Lyceum of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan was created from a special boarding school)
- Karaganda (now the Karaganda Republican Military Special Boarding School)
- Kryvyi Rih
- Lviv
- Riga
- Tashkent
- Tbilisi
After the collapse of the USSR, the military lyceums/high schools in the newly formed countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States were nationalized and came under the auspices of the local defense ministries.
Role
The Suvorov schools in Russia are now subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, with schools still operating in cities such as Tambov, Ekaterinburg, and Kazan. The schools today also offer to teenage boys preparing for service as officers in the Russian Army (or in the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces or the Ministry of Internal Affairs) secondary education and military style training in the military traditions of the nation and the spirit of its namesake. Several Cadet Corps, a number of them recently formed, were also listed, each affiliated to a specific service branch such as the Space Forces, the Chief of Construction and Billeting, and the Signals Troops.
Traditions
Corps of Drums
The Moscow Military Music College, which is a spin-off of the Suvorov Military School whose mission is to train future Rususan military musicians, is amous for its Corps of Drums, which was a participant in the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945 and a regular participant in October Revolution Day (1940 to 1990) and Victory Day (1965, 1985, 1990, 1995–2008, 2012–present) parades. The corps's instrumentation includes snare drums, fifes, trumpets, and glockenspiels.
Today, all Suvorov military schools have the traditional honor of opening all Victory Day Parades in their local city.
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Suvorovite military culture
The Military Lyceum of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan[5] and the Kyrgyz State National Military Lyceum[6] are often referred to as the "Suvorov School". In 2020, during the first Turkmen Victory Parade at the Halk Hakydasy Memorial Complex, the students of Berdimuhamed Annayev 1st Specialized Military School wore the traditional full dress uniforms of the Suvorov Military Schools.[7]
Active schools in Russia
Under MoD
Name | Location | Foundation date | Notes |
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Moscow Suvorov Military School | Moscow | 1944 | The Moscow Suvorov Military School was formed as the Gorky Suvorov Military School/ Since November 1957, it has part in all military parades that took place on Red Square. Since 2011, the graduation of Suvorovites has been carried out on Cathedral Square in the Moscow Kremlin. Opposite the school building is the Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation. |
Moscow Military Music College | Moscow | 1937 | The Valery Khalilov Moscow Suvorov Military Music College is one of the leading military music institutions in the country, founded by Major General Semyon Cherneysky. Shortly before its 80th anniversary, the "Valery Khalilov" honorific was bestowed on the college on 26 December 2016, a day after the aircrash that killed Khalilov and 91 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble while flying from Sochi.[8] |
Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School | Yekaterinburg | 1943 | It is a descendant of the Oryol Suvorov Military School, which was transferred to Sverdlovsk in 1947. Since 1991, the school has been known publicly as the Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School. In 2011, the school accepted its first foreign cadets from neighboring Mongolia. |
Kazan Suvorov Military School | Kazan | 1944 | It descends from the Zhytomyr Military Infantry School. In 1973, the school was awarded the title of the Red Banner by the Military Council of the Volga Military District. Among its notable graduates is Valery Gerasimov (the Chief of the General Staff). |
Perm Suvorov Military School | Perm | 2014 | |
St. Petersburg Suvorov Military School | St. Petersburg | 1955 | |
North-Caucasian Suvorov Military School | Vladikavkaz | 1944 | |
Tver Suvorov Military School | Tver | 1943 | |
Tula Suvorov Military School | Tula | 1944/2016 | This school is primarily geared to the Russian Aerospace Forces. It was conceived in March 2016, at the initiative of Alexey Dyumin, the Governor of Tula Oblast and a former Lieutenant General in the Russian military. |
Ulyanovsk Suvorov Military School | Ulyanovsk | 1991 | The Ulyanovsk Suvorov Military School serves cadets of the Russian Airborne Forces. It is the only active Suvorov military school that bears the honorary title of Guards. In 2015, the school received a copy of the Banner of the Simbirsk Cadet Corps (1903 sample).[9][10] |
Ussuriysk Suvorov Military School | Ussuriysk | 1943 |
Under the MVD
Name | Location | Foundation date | Notes |
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Astrakhan Suvorov Military School | Astrakhan | ||
Grozny Suvorov Military School | Grozny | ||
St. Petersburg Suvorov Military School | St. Petersburg | ||
Yelabuga Suvorov Military School | Yelabuga | ||
Novocherkassk Suvorov Military School | Novocherkassk | ||
Chita Suvorov Military School | Chita | ||
Samara Cadet Corps | Samara |
Active schools outside of Russia
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Outside of the Russian Federation, there are only two Suvorov Schools operating as of 2020: one each in Minsk (Belarus), and Tiraspol (Transnistria). The Minsk Suvorov Military School was established in the former building of the United Belarusian Military School on 21 May 1952. The Tiraspol Suvorov Military School is located in the partially recognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, being established on 1 September 2017.[11]
Former Soviet era schools
- Voronezh Suvorov Military School
- Kuibyshev Suvorov Military School
- Kiev Suvorov Military School
- Saratov Suvorov Military school
- Stavropol Suvorov Military School
- Stalingrad Suvorov Military School
- Tambov Suvorov Military School
- Leningrad Suvorov Military School (under the MVD)
- Tashkent Suvorov Military School (under the MVD)
See also
External sources
- Harriet F. Scott and William F. Scott, Russian Military Directory 2004, pp. 207–208
- Association of Suvorov Military Schools
References
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- ^ Schofield, Carey (1991). Inside the Soviet Army. Headline Book Publishing. p. 41.
- ^ https://www.caravan.kz/articles/vooruzhennye-sily-tadzhikistana-vchera-i-segodnya-372452/amp/
- ^ Administrator. "Кыргызский государственный национальный военный лицей - ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ КОМИТЕТ ПО ДЕЛАМ ОБОРОНЫ КЫРГЫЗСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ". www.mil.gov.kg (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/beyik-gahrymanlaryn-mirasduserleri-yc64rRhFlT
- ^ Ruptly (2016-12-26), Russia: Moscow Military Music College to be renamed after Alexandrov Ensemble director, retrieved 2018-02-20
- ^ Со слов начальника училища Шкиркова В. Ф.: «За копию знамени заплатили 480 тысяч рублей. Сделали её в подмосковном Софрино из турецкой ткани. Копия знамени хранится в Знамённом зале суворовского училища под замком за стеклянными дверями».
- ^ Оригинал Знамени с 1955 года хранится в церкви "Всех Скорбящих Радости", г. Сан-Франциско, США.
- ^ "Тираспольское суворовское военное училище, ГУ". www.pmr.md. Retrieved 2017-11-24.