Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia

Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia

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Type	Military college
Established	1832
Director	Vladimir Yakovlev
Address	Vernadskovo Prospekt 100, Moscow , Moscow , Russia

The General staff college of the Russian Federation´s armed forces, also General staff academy of the Russian Federation´s Armed Forces (Russian: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации) was founded in 1918 in Moscow by Leonid Govorov. It was the senior Soviet and now Russian general staff college.

The Academy of the General Staff is located in Moscow, on 14 Kholzunova Lane, not far from the Frunze Military Academy. The "best and the brightest" officers of all the Soviet Armed Forces were selected to attend this senior and most prestigious of all the Soviet academies. Students were, and probably still are, admitted to the Academy in the ranks of lieutenant colonel, colonel, and General-Major (one star). Most were colonels or newly promoted generals. Officers enter in their late 30s, as a general rule.

Officers selected for this academy would have first attended the appropriate service or branch academy (see Military academies in Russia). Graduates who were not already generals or admirals usually were promoted to this rank a short time after completing the course. Length of the academy was only two years, in contrast to the three years for the branch and service academies.

Faculty and students of the General Staff Academy were involved in debates over Soviet military restructuring in the last years of the USSR. They became associated with the military reform efforts of Major Vladimir Lopatin and made specific suggestions for deep force reductions.

The Commandant, as of 2006, is Army General Ivan Yefremov, former commander of the Moscow Military District. He replaced General Colonel Viktor Chechevatov in 2005.

The Foundations of Geopolitics by Alexander Dugin has reportedly been a geopolitical textbook in the Academy.

Naming

From its inception, the General Staff Academy has gone through a lot of transformations.

• 1832 — Imperial military academy (ru: Императорская военная академия / Imperatorskaja woennaja akademija)
• 1855 — HIM Nicholas General staff academy (ru: Николаевская академия Генерального штаба / Nikolawskaja akademija generalnogo staba)
• 1909 — Nicholas Military Academy (ru: Николаевская военная академия / Nikolawskaja woennaja akademija)
• 1910 — Imperial Nicholas Military academy (ru: Императорская Николаевская военная академия / Imperatorskaja Nikolawskaja woennaja akademija)
• 1917 — Nicholas military academy (ru: Николаевская военная академия / Nikolawskaja woennaja akademija)
• 1918 — General Staff academy of the Red Army (PKKA) (ru: Академия Генерального штаба Красной Армии (РККА) / Academija Generalnogo staba Krasnoj Armii [PKKA])
• 1921 — Military Academy of the WPRA (ru: Военная академия РККА / Woennaja academija RKKA)
• 1936 — WPRA General Staff Acadcemy (ru: Академия Генерального штаба РККА / Academija Generalnogo staba PKKA)
• 1941 — WPRA General Staff Military Academy Marshal K.E. Voroshilov (ru: Военная академия Генерального штаба РККА имени К. Е. Ворошилова / Woennaja academija PKKA Generalnogo shtaba imeni К. Е. Woroschilowa)
• 1942 — Higher military academy Marshal K.E. Voroshilov (ru: Высшая военная академия имени К. Е. Ворошилова / Vyshaja Voennaja academija imeni К. Е. Woroschilowa)
• 1958 — Military academy of the General staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (ru: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил СССР / Woennaja academija Generalnogo shtaba Woorushonnych Sil SSSR)
• 1969 — Military academy of the General staff of the Soviet Armed Forces Marshal К. Е. Voroshilov (ru: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил СССР имени К. Е. Ворошилова / Woennaja academija Generalnogo shtaba Woorushonnych Sil SSSR imeni К. Е. Woroschilowa)
• 1992 — Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia (ru: Военная академия Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил Российской Федерации / Voennaja academija Generalnogo shtaba Voorushonnych Sil Rossiiskoi Federazii)

File:Badge GenStaffCol SU.png Graduate badge until 1992

File:Генштаб.jpg Gold medal for the excellent graduates 1950

Notable faculty

• Fyodor Kuznetsov - Commandant of the Academy (1942-1943), Colonel General
• Matvei Zakharov - Commandant of the Academy (1945-1949 & 1963-1964), Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Dmitry Karbyshev - Doctor of Military Sciences, professor
• Gregory Lavrik – Doctor of Military Sciences, professor.
• Valentin Rog - Doctor of Military Sciences, professor, Major General of aviation.
• Ivan Timokhovich – Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, Major General of aviation.

Notable alumni

• Beqir Balluku, Albanian former Minister of Defense
• Teme Sejko, Albanian rear-admiral and commander of the Albanian navy in the 1950s.

Chiefs since 1918

• 1918—1919 Klimowich, A.K.
• 1919—1921 Snesarev, A.E.
• N.N.
• 1936—1937 Comdiv Kutshinskin, D.A.
• 1937—1940 Comdiv Shljomin, I.T.
• 07/08 1940 LtGen Kuznetsov, F.I.
• 1940—1941 LtGen Mordvihov, V.A.
• 1941—1942 LtGen Shilovskij, E.A.
• 1942—1943 ColGen Kuznetsov, F.I.
• 1943—1945 Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov
• 03/11 1945 LtGen Mordvihov, V.A.
• 1945—1949 ArmGen Matvei Zakharov
• 1949—1956 ArmGen Vladimir Kurasov
• 1956—1958 Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Bagramyan
• 1958—1961 ArmGen Malandin, G.K.
• 1961—1963 ArmGen Vladimir Kurasov
• 1963—1965 Marshal of the Soviet Union Matvei Zakharov
• 1965—1968 ArmGen Ivanov, V.D.
• 1968—1973 ArmGen Semion Ivanov
• 1973—1979 ArmGen Shavrov, I.E.
• 1979—1986 ArmGen Koslov, M.M.
• 1986—1989 ArmGen Salmonov, G.I.
• 1989—1996 ColGen Igor Rodionov
• 1996—1999 ColGen Tretjakov, V.S.
• 1999—2005 ColGen Tzetzevatov, V.S.
• 2005—2007 ArmGen Efremov, I.I.
• 2007—2009 ArmGen Belousov, A.V.
• 2009—2012 ArmGen Yakovlev, V.N.
• 2012—2013 LtGen ret. Tretjak, A.W.
• since 2013 ColGen ret. Makarov, C.A.

See also

• General Staff Academy (Imperial Russia)