Military Academy of Armored Forces

It was founded on the basis of a resolution of the Council of Labor and Defense of the USSR by order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR of May 13, 1932 as the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army (VAMM RKKA) named after I.V. Stalin on the basis of the faculty of mechanization and motorization of the Military Technical Academy named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky and the Moscow Automobile and Tractor Institute named after M.V. Lomonosov .

Initially, four faculties were created: command, operational, design and industrial. The first graduation (16 people) took place in 1933, all graduates were from the command faculty. In 1935-1936, the Faculty of Engineering and Command existed, in 1932-1941, the evening faculty, in 1938-1941, the Faculty of Engineering for fuels and lubricants, in 1938-1941, the faculty of distance learning. Subsequently, the industrial (in 1936) and design (in 1933) faculties were abolished. In the late 1930s, the Faculty of Automotive Engineering was established, retraining courses, and advanced training courses for command personnel.

During the years of World War II, the Academy became the largest educational institution for the training of tank officers in connection with the sharp growth and importance of armored forces. The training time was reduced, while the number of students increased sharply. Since 1943, the academy had faculties: command, engineer-tank, engineer-armored, and motor-tractor, academic courses for improving officers and training courses for chemical chiefs of tank units.

In 1941, a tank battalion and two tank companies were formed from the military and a number of graduates of the academy, which participated in battles on the North-Western Front and on the Western Front . From October 1941 to August 1943, the Academy acted in evacuation in Tashkent .

After the war, along with the educational process, the role of research work in the academy grew. Academy scientists participated in the development of the most important problems of the development of armored vehicles, the theory of combat use of tank troops, support and organization of the activities of tank troops. The academy was staffed by prominent scientists A. A. Blagonravov , N. R. Brilling , N. S. Piskunov , P. A. Rotmistrov and others.

From 1996 to 2008, the Academy trained students under the programs (qualifications) “engineer”, specializing in “multi-purpose tracked and wheeled vehicles”, after graduating from the Academy, a military rank (high school) - “lieutenant” was awarded.

November 1, 1998 in accordance with the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 29, 1998, on the basis of the Military Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, the Red Banner Academy of Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Y. Malinovsky, the Military Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, the Red Banner, Order Suvorov Academy named after MV Frunze and the Higher Officers' Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner Courses "Shot" named after Marshal of the Soviet Union B. M. Shaposhnikov formed the Combined Arms Academy I am the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ^[1] .

The formation had the following names :

• 05/13/1932 - 03/22/1933 - Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army.
• 03/22/1933 - 04/17/1943 - Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army named after I.V. Stalin .
• 04/17/1943 - 05/10/19954 - Military Order of Lenin, Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army named after I.V. Stalin.
• 05/10/1954 - 12/30/1961 - Military Order of Lenin, Academy of Armored Forces named after I.V. Stalin.
• 12/30/1961 - 06/16/1967 - Military Order of Lenin Academy of Armored Forces.
• 06/16/1967-1980 - Military Order of Lenin, Red Banner Academy of Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Y. Malinovsky .
• 1980—01.11.1998 - Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner Academy of Armored Forces named after Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Y. Malinovsky.

• Order of Lenin (02.22.1941)
• Order of the Red Banner (1965)
• Order of the October Revolution (09/30/1980)

• 1932-1933 - Comcor (since 1935) Zonberg, Jean Fritsevich , commander and military commissar ;
• 1933-1936 - Commander Germanovich, Markian Yakovlevich
• 1936—1939 - divin engineer , Lebedev, Ivan Andrianovich
• 1939-1947 - Lieutenant General of the tank forces , Kovalev Grigory Nikolaevich
• 1947 - 1947 - Lieutenant General of the tank forces Vershinin, Boris Georgievich ;
• 1947-1948 - Lieutenant General of Tank Forces Sukhov, Ivan Prokofievich ;
• 1948-1954 - Lieutenant General of the tank forces Vasiliev, Ivan Dmitrievich ;
• 1954-1956 - Marshal of the armored forces Bogdanov, Semyon Ilyich ;
• 1956-1958 - Colonel General Golikov, Philip Ivanovich ;
• 1958-1964 - Chief Marshal of the Armored Forces of the Rotmistrov, Pavel Alekseevich ;
• 1964-1964 - Colonel General of Tank Troops Zhdanov, Vladimir Ivanovich ;
• 1964-1967 - Colonel General of Tank Forces Markov, Peter Alekseevich ;
• 1967-1969 - Marshal of the armored forces Babadzhanyan, Amazasp Khachaturovich ;
• 1969-1986 - Colonel General (since April 1975, Marshal of the Armored Forces) Losik, Oleg Alexandrovich .
• 1987-1991 - Colonel General Gordienko, Vyacheslav Mitrofanovich
• 1991-1992 - Colonel General Kalinin, Nikolai Vasilievich
• 1992-1997 - Colonel General Fuzhenko, Ivan Vasilievich

Among the graduates of the Academy are Marshals of the Soviet Union V. I. Chuikov ^[2] , S. K. Kurkotkin , S. L. Sokolov , S. F. Akhromeev ; Chief Marshal of Artillery V.F. Tolubko ; Marshals of the armored forces S. I. Bogdanov , P. P. Poluboyarov , M. E. Katukov ; Soviet army generals P. A. Belik , V. A. Belikov , A. L. Getman , A. A. Epishev , E. F. Ivanovsky , M. M. Zaitsev , I. D. Chernyakhovsky ^[3] , S. M. Shtemenko , I. E. Shavrov , I. N. Shkadov , I. K. Yakovlev ; Russian army generals V. V. Gerasimov , V. P. Dubynin , A. V. Kvashnin , N. E. Rogozhkin , I. N. Rodionov , Yu. N. Yakubov ; large tank designers Zh. Ya. Kotin , V.N. Venediktov , A. Ermolaev ; writer B. L. Vasiliev and many others. ^[four]

During World War II, over 200 students of the Academy were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union , and 11 of them became Heroes twice ( V. S. Arkhipov , A. A. Aslanov , S. I. Bogdanov , I. N. Boyko , M. E. Katukov , Z. K. Slyusarenko , M. G. Fomichev , S. V. Khokhryakov , I. D. Chernyakhovsky , V. I. Chuykov , S. F. Shutov ). ^[4] 13 graduates of the Academy became the heroes of the Russian Federation ( M. A. Ashurov , V. P. Bryukhov , V. V. Bulgakov , V. P. Dubynin , S. V. Kachkovsky , A. V. Kvashnin , S. A Kislov , O. A. Kozlov , E. V. Kukarin , M. M. Rafikov , Yu. G. Sulimenko , G. N. Troshev , L. I. Shcherbakov ) ^[5] .

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• Soviet military encyclopedia. In eight volumes. Volume 2: "Babylon" - "Civil". - M .: Military Publishing House , 1976 .-- S. 171-172.
• Military Encyclopedia in 8 volumes. Volume 2: “Babylonia” - “Guys” / Ed. P.S. Grachev. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1994 .-- S. 117-118.