The Academy of Foreign Intelligence (alternatively known as the SVR Academy, previously known as the Yuri Andropov Red Banner Institute and the Red Banner Institute) is one of the primary

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academies of

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, and previously the

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, serving the

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and its successor organization, the Foreign Intelligence Service. It was attended by future

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during the 1980s.

Location

The school is located near

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, with a main facility north of Chelebityevo and a secondary facility at Yurlovo.

History

An earlier iteration of the school was founded in 1938 and first called the Special Purpose School (''Shkola osovogo naznacheniya'', SHON) under

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. It was renamed the Higher Intelligence School (''VRSh'') from 1948-1968. It was alternatively known as School 1010 or the 101st School, and referred to as K1 or ''Gridnevka'' by students. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, student enrollment dropped from approximately 300 to around 50.

Foreign students

The Institute trained

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intelligence officers for Muammar Gaddafi.

Notable alumni

Sergei Ivanov Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ( rus, Сергей Борисович Иванов, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of ...

Biographic information
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Notable staff

Anatoli Yatskov Anatoly Antonovich Yatskov (russian: Анатолий Антонович Яцков; – 26 March 1993), also known as Anatoli Yatzkov (alias in the U.S. Anatoly Yakovlev) – was a Soviet consul in New York as well as an intelligence officer ...

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(1985 - 1991)

References

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