The Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation "''Moscow City Council''" carries out training for officers of the

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History

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On February 4, 1932, the Third School of Frontier Guard and OGPU troops was formed. During the

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, the school issued 837 cadets and listeners ahead of schedule. In February 1945, the cadets of the school took part in the security of the

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. 9 cadets of the school were awarded the title of

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. On June 24, 1945, personnel of the school made their first appearance in the

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, and have been taking part in

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since then. In 1953, the school was renamed the Moscow Border Military School of the

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. On April 3, 1957, it was renamed to the Moscow Border Military School of the KGB under the

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. In 1967, the school was awarded the

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and on July 7, 1977, the school was given the honorary name of the ''Moscow City Council'' for its work in training officers from the national capital. In 1979, the post-graduate school for scientific and pedagogical personnel was opened at the school. In the 80s, school graduates were immediately sent to

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to serve during the

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Post-Soviet era

On 8 May 1992, by order of the

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, it was transformed into the Higher Border School and was redesigned to train officers in law, with a period of training lasting for five years. On May 25, 1992, it was renamed to include the

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and the

in its title. In June 1992, a special faculty was expelled from the staff of the school. In 1993, the school was transformed into the Moscow Military Institute of the Border Troops of the Russian Federation. In 1996, it was transformed into the Moscow Military Institute of the Federal Border Service. Since August 1, 1995, the institute has been organized into two groups of cadets based on gender.

Educational and operational activities

The institute provides training for officers with higher professional education, as well as military personnel under a contract with secondary professional education. The term of study is 5 years. Students who are accepted are citizens who have not completed military service and are aged from 16 to 22 years. Cadets from the institute took part in the

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, reenacting the Border Troops of the NKVD.

Notable alumni

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Vadim Zaitsev General Vadim Zaitsev (russian: Вадим Зайцев, be, Вадзім Зайцаў, Vadzim Zaytsau; born 16 July 1964) is a Ukrainian-born former head of the KGB of Belarus under president Alexander Lukashenka. Biography Zaitsev was born ...

, former Chairman of the

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Oleg Safonov Oleg Aleksandrovich Safonov (russian: Олег Александрович Сафонов, born August 24, 1960 in Ulyanovsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian official. In 1982 he graduated from the Border Guards Higher School of the KGB in Moscow and s ...

, Plenipotentiary Envoy to the

Far Eastern Federal District The Far Eastern Federal District (russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, ''Dalnevostochny federalny okrug'') is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but the least populated, with a p ...

Rayimberdi Duishenbiev Rayimberdi Seydakmatovich Duishenbiev ( ky, Райимберди Сейдакматович (Сейдакмат уулу) Дуйшенбиев, ''Rayimberdi Seydakmatovich (Seydakmat uulu) Duyshenbiyev'') is a Kyrgyzstani General who served as the ...

, 10th Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic

References

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