
The Malinovsky Military Armored Forces Academy (Военная академия бронетанковых войск имени Маршала Советского Союза Р. Я. Малиновского) was one of the
Soviet military academies. It was based in the
Lefortovo district of Moscow, in a
former royal palace.
The institution was established in 1932 as the "J.V.
Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...
Academy of the WPRA Mechanization and Motorization Program". It was renamed after Marshal
Rodion Malinovsky
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (; ; – 31 March 1967) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1967, during which he oversaw the strengthening of the Sov ...
in 1967. Its mission was to train Soviet and
Warsaw Pact
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commanders, staff officers, and engineers for armored and mechanized units. The best-qualified graduates were selected for the "centralized operations division" of the General Staff.
[Бронетанковая ордена Ленина Краснознаменная. Исторический очерк. — М.: Издание ВАБТВ, 1970.] Students entered as captains and majors, some as lieutenant colonels. Commanding and staff officers underwent a three year program while engineers were taught for 4 years. Notable alumni included
Vasily Chuikov,
Sergey Akhromeyev,
Boris Vasiliev,
Aleksandr Blagonravov, and
Anatoly Kvashnin.
In 1998 the Malinovsky Academy merged with the
Frunze Military Academy
The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (), was a military academy of the Soviet and later the Russian Armed Forces ...
to become the "
Combined Arms Academy".
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Educational institutions established in 1932
Military academies of the Soviet Army
Universities in Moscow
Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
1932 establishments in the Soviet Union