The Military Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technologies named after the Heroes of Kruty () is an institution of higher military education in

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and part of the State University of Telecommunications, located in Pechersk neighborhood of

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. In the

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times (since 1965) it was known as the Kyiv Military Engineering College of Signal (). From 2001 – 2013, it was part of the

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. It is an important educational center for high-tech

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and

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and has a branch in

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Historical outlook

Kiev Military School

The institute is located in the same building as the original city's school of

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s that was built in Kyiv in 1839. In 1865 on decree of the Russian Emperor Alexander II, the school was transformed into the Kiev Infantry Cadet School. In 1897 it was renamed again into the Kiev Military School and just before

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into the 1st Kiev Military School. In the fall of 1915 it was renamed into the 1st Kiev Konstantinovskoye Military School1st Kiev Constantine Military School
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. In November 1917 the school's students participated in extinguishing the

Kiev Bolshevik Uprising The Kiev Bolshevik Uprising (November 8–13, 1917) was a military struggle for power in Kiev after the fall of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution. It ended in victory for the Kievan Committee of the Bolshevik Party a ...

as part of the city's garrison. In course of the event some 42 people of the school including staff and students died on the streets of Kyiv. After the power in the city transferred to the

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, some school personnel left the city for the

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and eventually with occupation of Ukraine by the Denikin's troops founded another school in Crimea in 1919, which was liquidated in 1920 by the Soviet regime.

First Military School of Khmelnytsky

In November 1917 the recently created 1st Ukrainian school of ensigns was transformed into the 1st Ukrainian Military School of Bohdan Khmelnytsky based on the former 1st Kiev Konstantinovskoye Military School. As the 1st Ukrainian Military School of Bohdan Khmelnytsky students under the command of Averkiy Honcharenko took part in the

Battle of Kruty The Battle of Kruty () took place on January 29 or 30, 1918, near Kruty railway station (today the village of Pamiatne, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast), about northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, which at the time was part of Nizhyn Povit of Chern ...

. Out of 200 students only 80 returned to Kyiv.

Soviet schools

After the defeat of Ukrainian forces, in 1920 in place of the former Konstantinovskoye school were quartered engineer classes that were created in Moscow back in 1919. On August 11, 1920, the Moscow Engineer classes were officially renamed into the 2nd Kiev Engineer classes. In 1921 the classes were renamed again into the 3rd Kiev Military Engineer School of Commanding staff. Once again the school changed its name in 1924 as the Kiev Military School of Communication and in 1926 was named in the memory of

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Kiev Military Radio-Technical Engineering College

The institute was founded back in

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as "Kiev Higher Military Radio-Technical Engineering School" (, abbreviated ''KVIRTU''). This has also been referred to in Krasnaya Zvezda, via U.S. DOD documents, as the "Kiev Higher Engineering Radiotechnical School of Air Defence" of the

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. The main compound of the institute was situated in Shevchenkivsky district of Kyiv (Melnikova str. 81). The compound was occupied by military education facilities as early as in late 19th century.

Notable graduates of the Institute

Volodymyr Salsky Volodymyr Petrovych Salsky () (24 July 1885 in Ostroh, Volhynian Governorate – 5 October 1940 in Warsaw) was a Ukrainian general, minister of defense, head of the Ukrainian government in exile. Salsky was born in the old city of Ostroh. In 190 ...

, a Minister of Defense of Ukraine *

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, a leader of the Russian

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, a Minister of Defense of Ukraine *

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, a

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agent for President

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, notable figure of modern Ukrainian history *

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, Ukrainian businessman and politician, aide to President

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List of battles

List of battles in which students of the institute or previous institutes took part. *

(1917) as the Kiev Konstantinovskoye Military School *

(1918) as the 1st Ukrainian military school of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

September 3, 2024 missile strike

During the

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the Poltava facility was hit by two Russian ballistic missiles on 3 September 2024 that partially destroyed a building and killed at least 58 people and injured at least 328 others.

References

External links

Official website

Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies
at the State University of Telecommunications website
Barracks of Military Cantonists
at the WEK encyclopedia. {{authority control Universities and colleges in Kyiv Military education and training in the Soviet Union Military education and training in Ukraine Soviet Air Defence Forces Information technology in Ukraine