Kazan Higher Tank Command School () is a

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programmes (specialitet). It is located in

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History

The Kazan Tank School was founded in 1941 on the base of the former Kazan Infantry School. It was renamed the Kazan Higher Tank Command School in 1965. In November 2022, several videos and photos of new

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s appeared on

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, apparently training at the same grounds as Russian military personnel who were

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. The videos were located to a training ground in

, where the cadets of the Kazan Higher Tank Command School train.

Educational programmes

The School prepares officers for the tank troops of the Ground Forces.

Alumni

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* Valery Baranov *

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* Gennady Troshev

References

External links

Official website
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