The Zhukov Air and Space Defence Academy () is a Russian military academy located on the banks of the

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(formerly Kalinin). The academy, formed in 1956, is named after

Soviet Marshal Marshal of the Soviet Union (, ) was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin wore the uniform and insignia of Marshal after World War II. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in ...

Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( 189618 June 1974) was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. During World War II, Zhukov served as deputy commander-in-ch ...

. It was one of the main education centers of the

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces The Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO) () was a branch of the Russian Armed Forces responsible for aerospace defence, operation of Russian military satellites and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. It was established on 1 December 2011 and dissolved ...

, prior to the Aerospace Defence Forces restructuring in 2015. The Academy currently trains personnel for the successor organisation, the

Russian Aerospace Forces The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces (VKS) comprise the air force, aerial, space force, space warfare, and Missile defense, missile defence Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was ...

. In addition to its educational and training mandate, this academy is a research center for studying problems of operational art and tactics, as well as command, communications, and control (C3) on air defense matters.

Notable alumni

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Mukhtar Altynbayev Mukhtar Qapashuly Altynbayev ( Kazakh: Мұхтар Қапашұлы Алтынбаев, ''Mūhtar Qapaşūly Altynbaev''; born December 10, 1945, in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Kazakh military officer and politician who holds the ra ...

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Anatoly Kornukov General Anatoly Mikhailovich Kornukov (; 10 January 1942 – 1 July 2014) was a general in the Russian Air Force and the former fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Defence Forces. From 1998 until 2002, he served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Russ ...

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Sultan Sosnaliyev Sultan Aslambekovich Sosnaliyev (; 23 April 1942 – 23 November 2008) was a Soviet Army officer of Circassian ethnicity who served as a commander of Abkhaz and North Caucasian forces during the War in Abkhazia and as the defence minister of Abk ...

2022 fire

On 21 April 2022 a fire destroyed buildings at the Academy with seven reported dead.

References

External links

Official website
Military academies of Russia Military education and training in the Soviet Union Russian Aerospace Forces {{Russia-mil-stub