Historical path of Yaroslavl Military Financial College
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Historical path of Yaroslavl Military Financial College |
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Glorious way starts
On October 26, 1938, the college launched the training of military financiers with respect to new curriculum and syllabus. This is considered as the first step of its historical military path, and the anniversaries are celebrated at the day according to the decree issued by Defence Minister of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from September 20, 1952.
Yaroslavl Military Economic College
October 1938 – December 1940
In March 1937, Yaroslavl Military Economic School of Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army (WPRA) was renamed pursuant to the Decree No. 36 of the USSR People’s Commissar of Defence. The school had been established in 1936, but its new name, WPRA Yaroslavl Military Economic College, indicated also a reorganization to face novel fundamental challenges.
In October 1938, these new developments enforced some personnel changes to provide training commanders of economic platoons and assistant chiefs of military financial units, ration service, and garment supply. Hence the college admitted two companies of cadets for military finances.
Meanwhile, the international situation became more complicated, resulting in the World War II outbreak in September 1939. This required to increase the military power of the USSR and, therefore, the number of WPRA personnel. The last one also involved an urgent need to maximize human resources working at assistance services, and among them financial units.
To ensure a complete and relevant supply of military and naval forces with inflow of skilled professionals in finances, the WPRA General Headquarters agreed to augment the number of cadets at WPRA Yaroslavl Military Economic School. On October 1, 1939, the college promoted a special battalion of cadets to proceed with training according to the syllabus for military financial service. Captain M. G. Shpilevskiy was the first person who commanded the battalion of military financiers whereas Quartermaster 2nd class N. S. Smolich was assigned his Assistant Battalion Commander for special training in finances.
At the school, the study process stayed rather intense. Well-organized educational facilities (equipped classrooms, training fields, etc.) and, above all, brilliant experienced instructors helped young military financiers to succeed at gaining military and special knowledge. We should mention Quartermasters 1st class A. S. Skripel and I. A. Schwab, Major A. I. Litvinov, Quartermasters 2nd class M. P. Kamenetz, A. D. Kuzovlev, and A. I. Semyonov, Captain I. S. Ryaboshapka, Quartermasters 3rd class G. P. Bono, A. P. Makeev, S. A. Maleev, and V. A. Pavlovich, Senior Lieutenants E. A. Burs and Ya. N. Potyomkin, Technician Quartermaster A. P. Belov as the first instructors at the battalion of financiers and commanders of its units.
Practical classes took a special place in the studies. The cadets devoted a lot of time to their exercises at the training ground and combat vehicle shooting ranges. Indeed, there was no maximal limit for training time per day. Working and studying passionately, every officer, sergeant, or cadet thereby improved the combat power of the Red Army to do their job in a fair and diligent way. The assiduous military training allowed to complete the syllabus in time with first financiers graduating in July 1939.
Overall, 152 cadets graduated from WPRA Yaroslavl Military Economic School to occupy the positions of financial unit assistants or commanders in military regiments during that quite uneasy antebellar period.
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General view of Military Campus at WPRA Yaroslavl Military Economic College |
Warriors of the financier cadet battalion from the college at firearm training exercise |
Before the appointment as chiefs of the college: M. G. Shpilevsky is the second row 3rd from the left, N. S. Smolich is 2nd from the left |
Quartermaster 1st class I. A. Schwab, college instructor, teaches a class in accounting. Yaroslavl, 1940 |
Yaroslavl Quartermaster College
December 1940 – July 1941
In December 1940, WPRA Military Economic Services was renamed the Quartermaster Services, thus WPRA Yaroslavl Military Economic School got such name as Yaroslavl Quartermaster College. However, the transformation had almost no impact on its mission to train professionals in economic and financial services and to nourish true patriotic notions of the Homeland in the youth.
Meanwhile, the number of personnel greatly increased in WPRA units during the summer and fall of 1939. At that time, WPRA had already gained some combat experience in steppes of Mongolia and in Primorye of Russian Far East, steeled its manpower and machines in China and Spain, as well as improved combat skills during the period since September 1939 until July 1940. A few new units and their formations were recruited in the first half of 1939, but the course sped up since July.
Still, the last military financiers graduated from Yaroslavl Quartermaster College in June 1941. Despite all the efforts, the military suffered from a severe shortage of professionals in finances exactly. There was no way other than to segregate the college into separate institutions with a special school to train financial service personnel only. A decree of the USSR People’s Commissar of Defence from February 6, 1941, directed to establish Military Financial College in the city of Kharkov in 1941. It was planned to admit 600 cadets for a two-year training period since September 1, 1941, to improve the recruitment of professionals in finances and operating them at Red Army.
Red Army Military Financial College
No college in Kharkov: strategic military positions change
The relocation of Military Financial College to Kharkov took longer than it had been planned (the delay lasted since the spring of 1941), although the regulatory framework was ready to form the institution. Moreover, Great Patriotic War affected the strategic military situation, so the transfer became impossible.
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First stop at the historical path
Khlebnikovo settlement, Moscow Oblast, July – October 1941
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Khlebnikovo settlement at Moscow Oblast was chosen to dispose the college. There, at the military camp, it started to function as a separate establishment for the first time. Scheduled training classes at the college started on August 1 , 1941. The wartime required to redesign the course of studies. The duration of studies reduced to 6 months with a smaller set of issues to learn, but the working time increased to 12 h per day. Military and profession-related subjects stayed the primary goal of the studies. Colonel P. S. Antonov was appointed the first Chief of Military Financial College, while Quartermaster 1st class N. S. Smolich became Assistant Chief for Training and Marching, Battalion Commissar D. I. Korneev – Political Department Chief, and Quartermaster 1st class I. A. Schwab – Training Department Chief. The college structure involved administrative branch and two cadet battalions, whereas Colonel A. T. Krasnoselskikh was appointed commander of the 1st battalion, and Captain M. G. Shpilevskiy commanded the 2nd battalion. |
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To Urals by railway
Yanaul settlement of Yanaulskiy district, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, October – November 1941
Due to the complicated situation, the USSR State Defence Committee decided to evacuate some military training institutions from Moscow and its suburbs eastwards. The Red Army Military Financial College was prescribed to relocate to the Urals. On October 20, 1941, the college took its trains to the east.
On October 28, 1941, the personnel arrived to the railway station of Yanaul (Bashkiria) waiting for the order to debark. Nevertheless, no debarkation occured since the settlement found not enough accomodation facilities.
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Classes in combat and political training did not cease both on the route and during short time of stops at the track to the Urals |
Yanaul. The afternoons served for combat training. The evenings were given to profession-related training inside the building of Yanaul railway station |
Farther eastwards
Poltavka community of Poltavskiy district, Chelyabinsk Oblast, November – December 1941
After a while, on November 29, 1941, the college personnel arrived to the large railway junction of Kartaly in Chelyabinsk Oblast. There, they were directed to debark and move to Poltavka community (7 kilometers from Kartaly station).
The community turned into the college residence, but not for a long. Personnel housing and facilities for studies rather limited, the college was transferred to the city of Kazan.
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General view of Poltavka community, which stayed for temporary accommodation of Military Financial College |
Brief stop
Kazan, December 1941 – February 1942
In the capital of Tatar ASSR, the college was deployed inside the neighboring buildings that had been previously used for a river transport technical school and a knitting factory.
At the Urals and Volga region, several generations of cadets graduated from the college ahead the traditional schedule despite the everyday difficulties after the evacuation in late 1941 and early 1942. Since July 1941 until February 1942, approximately one thousand professionals in military financial service completed their studies and were directed to the field army. For instance, 293 cadets graduated successfully in January 1942 alone.
In February 1942, the Military Council of Moscovskiy district decreed to transform the Military Financial College into the College of Machine Guns and Mortars due to a critical lack of mid-level commanders for infantry units. At the same time, special Military Financial Courses were founded to continue training of professionals in military financial service.
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Kazan, 1942 |
Moskovskiy district Financial Courses
Babushkin, Moscow Oblast, March – September 1942
The Military Financial Courses of Moskovskiy district received their personnel from the disbanded Military Financial College according to the decision of the Red Army General Headquarters. The town of Babushkin at Moscow Oblast was picked to place the institution into, while Major A. V. Barsky was appointed the Institution Chief.
Final architecture of the institution was formed on April 10, 1942. The Financial Courses included an administrative branch, a department for training professionals of financial service (one company), and a department of skill improvement (two platoons). The training of new officers was taking three months, whereas the one month was given for those who studied to advance in profession.
The Financial Courses stayed efficient to perform their tasks. However, the war extremely aggravated the problem of training enough personnel for the military financial service. The education in military finances took a lot of time, but the military had no excessive time to wait. Therefore, the institution admitted not only soldiers and sergeants from the troops but women, which had been recruited for military service.
Most of the women were passing through a short additional training before directly joining the troops. Nonetheless, those women, who claimed to take the courses via accelerated training programs, should have been well-educated (higher or specialized secondary levels) to become cadets. In this case, their initial knowledge and skills were enough to rapidly immerse into socio-economic issues, management, and finances.
These female cadets tended to obtain quick and efficient results in military and profession-related subjects, so the approach was rather successful. For example, in June and July 1942 uniquely, 28 young women entered the courses to become professionals in financial service. During the war, five generations of female officers graduated from the Financial Courses (and therefore from the former college) and successfully executed their functions afterwards.
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Financial and Economic School of the People's Commissariat of Railways, Babushkin, Moscow Oblast, 1942: the residence for the Financial Courses |
Many cadets from the disbanded school moved to the battle grounds |
Marching skills are honed in July 1942 |
Red Army Central Military Financial Courses at Financial Directorate of the USSR PCD
September 1942 – June 1944
In September 1942, the USSR People's Commissar of Defense (PCD) decreed to transform the Moskovskiy district Military Financial Courses into Red Army Central Military Financial Courses at Financial Directorate of the USSR PCD. These new courses now included an administrative branch, three companies of training department (four platoons per company), and a department of skill improvement. Colonel N. S. Smolich was appointed Chief of the Central Courses, while Major A. V. Barsky (and Lieutenant Colonel N. P. Kredushinsky after him) became his Assistant Chief for Training and Marching.
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The first female officers graduating from Red Army Central Military Financial Courses |
Red Army Central Military Financial Courses at Financial Directorate of the USSR PCD, Moscow, 1943 |
By December 1942, the Courses were installed, and all the units started an intense work since the first days. On January 9, 1943, the Courses relocated to Moscow (at the USSR Exhibition of National Economy Achievements, or VDNH). Then, they moved to Taganskiy District of the capital on August 31. During the most rigid years of the war, the Courses were working hard to supply the troops with military financiers. In 1943 alone, 451 cadets successfully graduated to serve as financiers.
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Red Army Military Financial College
Moscow, June 1944 – May 1947
At the final stage of the Great Patriotic War, the financial service faced new challenges, which required to improve the quality of officer education. For this reason, Deputy PCD of the USSR, Soviet Marshal A. M. Vasilevsky issued on June 15, 1944, an order to transform Red Army Central Military Financial Courses at Financial Directorate of the USSR PCD into a Military Financial College.
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Colonel N. S. Smolich |
Its structure implied an administrative branch, three cadet companies, and courses for skill improvement by actual officers. The training time of cadets was fixed to be one-year-long.
Colonel N. S. Smolich was appointed the College Chief, Colonel N. A. Markvardt executed Assistant Chief functions for Training and Marching, whereas Major N. E. Maslakov was responsible for the political department as another Assistant Chief. Colonel N. P. Kredushinsky was appointed Training Department Chief. Finally, Colonel N. V. Nazimov also became Assistant Chief for Logistics.
After the end of the Great Patriotic War, the Military Financial College continued to perform the tasks to train and to teach professionals in financial service with the one-year syllabus. The state leaders highly appreciated the results of the college activity. On August 7, 1945, the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet agreed to award the college with a Battle Red Flag, which is considered to be a symbol of military courage and glory.
On November 18, 1945, Red Army Financial Directorate Chief, Lieutenant General Ya. A. Khotenko, presented the Battle Red Flag to the College Chief, Colonel N. S. Smolich, on behalf of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. This Battle Red Flag was intended to remind each warrior and commander about their sacral duty to serve the Soviet Motherland, to defend it with skill and courage, to guard every single inch of the native land from any enemy with no mercy to their own blood and lives.
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Battle Red Flag is being passed to the college |
An additional episode among the relocations of college matched the time of novel structural transformations and modifications of teaching approaches. In fact, the municipal economy of Moscow required the buildings, which had been employed by the college, to provide school education. Thus, the college moved to the town of Dmitrov in Moscow Oblast with the relocation completed by May 26, 1947.
Military Financial College of the USSR Armed Forces
Dmitrov, Moscow Oblast, May 1947 – October 1948
After the war, the armed forces experienced a colossal reorganization. The troops needed new weapons and machines, but also an advanced political, military, and professional training of officer personnel. Therefore, the duration of higher military education had to increase.
At the same time, new professionals for military financial service had to fulfill an extended list of requirements. All institutions for military secondary education installed a two-year-long curriculum. On May 1, 1947, the General Headquarters decreed to fix such a two-year-long curriculum for cadets of Military Financial College, too. The same month, the school recruited a lot of new personnel. Besides, it got a new name: the USSR Armed Forces Military Financial College.
The novel structure included an administrative branch, battalions and companies, skill improvement courses and cycles for financial service officers. The relevance of the college did not decrease as many officers in military finances got a precious practical experience with no adequate theoretical knowledge. Moreover, both military and navy experienced a reduction of the personnel after the war. Numerous officers lost their positions as commanders or political department chiefs, while their new appointments were related to the financial service.
In the college, the mentioned structural changes together with the relocation also affected the administrative personnel. Colonel F. F. Bursh was appointed Assistant Chief for Training, Colonel I. I. Grantsev became Assistant Chief at Political Depatment, while the logistics of the education was provided by Colonel T. S. Shevchenko, and then Colonel A. T. Budaev.
However, facilities and equipment in Dmitrov were poor, so neither proper training course nor personnel accommodation were feasible. The barracks of military campus included wooden houses, which were distant from each other and placed on opposite sides of the street. Moreover, some part of the permanent personnel was settled into Borisoglebskiy Convent buildings. Finally, the authorities agreed that the USSR Armed Forces Military Financial College leaves Dmitrov for the city of Tambov.
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Dmitrov. The college occupied these Borisoglebskiy Convent buildings |
Relocation to Tambov: a long stay
October 1948 – September 1957
In October 1948, this recent relocation of the college was completed. In Tambov, the institution entered a military campus of the former Soviet Marshal B. M. Shaposhnikov Red-Flagged Infantry College. Since September 1, 1949, the college admitted two battalions of cadets (two companies per battalion and 125 cadets per company), while the total number of cadets was equal to 500 persons.
In 1949, the USSR Minister of the Armed Forces issued the order to reinstall a mechanism of early graduation from the college. Therefore, officers got an opportunity to learn military finances by their own with respect to the official curriculum and syllabus with further passing of preliminary and final exams to reach the level of specialized secondary education in military finances without ceasing their working activity.
This Tambov period was long, and the college experienced numerous personnel changes there. The functions of Assistant Chief for Training were performed by Colonel M. G. Shpilevskiy since 1949, Colonel N. Kh. Ayupov since 1950, and Colonel V. V. Savich since 1952. Meanwhile, Assistant Chiefs at Political Depatment were Colonel V. G. Kuznetzov since 1950 and Colonel G. G. Safronov since 1954.
A new administrative position of Assistant Chief for Marching (Common Cycle Chief) was established in July, 1950, to improve the training of future officers in command skills and marching. These functions were executed by Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Colonel M. Ya. Kuzminov since 1950, Colonel A. I. Borlyuk since 1954, and Colonel G. T. Kadanov since 1957. The work of Assistant Chief for Logistics was realized consistently by Colonel G. T. Butenko, Colonel S. O. Sinelnikov, and Colonel M. A. Arefyev.
On September 25, 1951, the college got another name: Soviet Army Military Financial College. Until May 20 , 1954, it was mentioned according to its military mail number (74391).
At this time, the command personnel worked intensely to advance in training of skilled officers for financial service. Let us cite the Decree No. 99 (1955) of the Voronezh District Military Commander: "The USSR Armed Forces Military Financial College succeeded greatly in combat and political training. It holds a proper military discipline and accepted order of military regulations. The College Chief, the Political Department, the Chiefs of Cycles, Unit Commanders and Instructors improve progressively their guidance of training and pedagogic activity They do also enhance communications with personnel, as well as tend to reach better quality of their facilities and equipment."
Since March 1957, Major General M. G. Shpilevsky headed the college. The functions of his Assistant Chief for Training were given to Colonel S. G. Koshel.
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Line formation at the college parade ground, Tambov |
Soviet Army Military Financial College
Order to come back to the origins, to the city of Yaroslavl
September 1957 – August 1961
After the long stay in Tambov, the college was moved back to Yaroslavl on September 30, 1957, at the time of changing educational formats and approaches. The financiers received a military campus in historical buildings of Nikola Mokriy barracks, previously occupied by disbanded Lieutenant General F. M. Kharitonov Infantry School.
On September 1, 1957, the college switched to a three-year-long curriculum. The reform permitted to improve greatly military and profession-related training of cadets. Since that time, the college certified its graduates as "financiers" at "State Budget of the USSR" according to the pan-Soviet standards of the degree. This unification was meaningful to build modern Armed Forces.
The efforts of the college personnel turned the military campus into a perfect state. For instance, living facilities for cadets were renovated. The college also installed a better room of kitchen and dining to meet the high standards of military food service and to nourish esthetic feelings in cadets.
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Nikola Mokriy barracks. In the background: the Cathedral of St. Nikola Mokriy, Yaroslavl |
However, in 1960, the college faced new problems. The reforms of N. S. Khrushchev affected the institution as it was decided to disband both Military Financial College and Military Quartermaster College. The novation was reasoned by the fact that the military had had no colleges like this in pre-Soviet era, while the armed forces stayed well-supplied and financed due to the activity of combatant officers and civil officials providing the services.
As a result, the situation seemed to be critical. Ath the end of July 1960, there still was no decree to fix the number of cadets to admit for the upcoming year of stiudies. Nevertheless, the new admission was executed in accordance with the decision of the USSR Defence Minister from October 1, 1960, and the first year cadets started their classes.
Nevertheless, the decision of authorities to disband both colleges had to be implemented. Then, the Defence Minister, Soviet Marshal R. Ya. Malinovskiy, proposed another solution to prevent negative outcomes of shortage in skilled officers for logistics and finances. The idea was to disband both colleges, but to establish a new one immediately with no special function prescribed: Yaroslavl Military College. In compliance with the idea, Malinovskiy decreed to disband both colleges in August – September 1961 and to found the Yaroslavl Military College.
Yaroslavl Military College
August 1961 – July 1964
During the year of studies in 1961-1962, Yaroslavl Military School became a multidisciplinary military educational institution under the rule of Vice Defence Minister (Rear Chief of the USSR Armed Forces). The college got four training tracks to realize its approved functions: financial service, ration service, garment supply, and naval logistics.
However, the hasty corrections provided not enough benefit. Future officers for logistics and finances counted for two battalions in total only. Just a single company of cadets graduated from each training track per year. Finally, the military experienced a severe aggravation of the personnel shortage at low-level positions.
On July 9, 1962, a famous official and military commander, Army General A. V. Khrulyov deceased. The Soviet government decided to immortalize the memory about him because of the benefit of Khrulyov activity for to the state and the people. The Resolution of the USSR Council of Ministers No. 566 from July 6, 1964, renamed the college as Army General A. V. Khrulev Yaroslavl Military College.
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Army General A. V. Khrulyov Yaroslavl Military College
July 1964 – September 1974
At the beginning of July 1964, it was agreed to divide Yaroslavl Military College into new ones by training tracks. Two separate colleges were founded then, while their total number of personnel became greater than it was for Yaroslavl Military College alone. The military school for military financiers remained in Yaroslavl, whereas the personnel to train foficers in logistics was transferred to the town of Volsk in Saratov Oblast with Volsk Military Rear College formed.
On April 7, 1970 (the 100th anniversary of V. I. Lenin), the Central Committee of the Soviet Union Communist Party (CPSU), the USSR Supreme Soviet, and the USSR Council of Ministers awarded the college with Lenin Anniversary Honourable Charter for the excellent results of combat and political training. In addition to the Charter, M. N. , the secretary of Yaroslavl Oblast Committee of the CPSU, presented a certificate telling that the college was enrolled in the Oblast Book of Honor to the College Chief, Major General M. G. Shpilevsky.
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Major General M. G. Shpilevsky, College Chief, introduces to the cadets a copy of Lenin Anniversary Honourable Charter, which has been awarded to the school. On the left, Colonel I. E. Raschupkin, his assistant, is standing |
Group photo of the college commanders with the Lenin Anniversary Honourable Charter |
In July 1970, Colonel I. E. Raschupkin (promoted to Major General, and then to Lieutenant-General later), was appointed the College Chief. Meanwhile, Colonel A. I. Terentyev executed the functions of Assistant Chief since 1971.
At this period, the college belonged to the largest educational institutions of the USSR Armed Forces in terms of the number of cadets (including extra recruitment). In fact, the college trained 2-3 times more cadets than conventional military institutions did.
Anyway, a significant lack of officer personnel for financial and economic service remained still evident. Indeed, external education provided a certain compensation of this shortage for many years until the end of the 70s of the last century. Specifically, up to 150-200 external persons came to pass exams covering the entire curriculum of the secondary military financial education with no full-time studies every year. Moreover, an additional machinery of extra recruitment for the 1st year (200-300 persons annually) supported military units with supplementary financial personnel.
Besides, ensigns and midshipmen were encouraged to join a school (the 333rd school under the college) to become professionals in financial service for military units. The school was founded on December 1, 1972. It trained more than three thousand specialists until being closed 2006.
Army General A. V. Khrulyov Yaroslavl High Military Financial College
In August 1973, the college passed through a colossal transformation into a tertiary educational military institution with a four-year period of professional studies. The new status required to make the college personnel considerably change the course of education. For instance, such training tracks as finances in capital construction and in activities of the USSR Bank fieldwork institutions were developed. In addition, the number of cadets for other armed departments increase.
Finally, these modified curricula and syllabi were installed in 1974. However, last generations of officers graduated until July 1976.
Decent reward
On April 30, 1975, the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet decreed to award the college with the Order of the Red Star for its excellent service in training officers for the Armed Forces and in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Soviet People’s Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.
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USSR Vice Defence Minister, Army General S. L. Sokolov reads out the Decree of the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet awarding the Order of the Red Star to the college |
USSR Vice Defence Minister, Army General S. L. Sokolov attaches a badge of the Order of the Red Star to the Battle Flag of the college |
In 1978, after 40 years of the college history, the first cadets with tertiary military professional education graduated.
However, the early 90s caused many new changes in study course functioning due to the transition into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This period should be reported as a metamorphosis in cadet training to fulfill novel practical requirements for the activity of financial and economic units in developing market economy and emerging military reforms.
On September 1, 1995, the college implemented a 5-year-long curricula and syllabi to train its cadets in “Finances and credit” and “Accounting and Auditing”. An additional department to train foreign military personnel works since 1997.
Next changes came in 1999. Then, Army General A. V. Khrulyov Yaroslavl High Military Financial College (awarded with the Order of the Red Star) became affiliated to Military Financial and Economic University as a result of reforms in the system of military education. The transformation was prescribed on October 13, 1998, by the Decree No. 1232 "On the Military Financial and Economic University"of the President of the Russian Federation, on December 25, 1998, by the Decree No. 1542 of the Government of the Russian Federation, and on February 5, 1999, by the Order No. 51 of the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation.
After that, the institution launched training female officers with tertiary military professional education on September 1, 2000. The innovation was installed on April 13, 2000, by the Order of the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation.
Further, the institution lost its affiliation with Military Financial and Economic University of the Russian Federation Defence Ministry and turned into Army General A. V. Khrulyov Yaroslavl Military Financial and Economic Institution. The President of the Russian Federation prescribed the trasnformation on April 24, 2003, by his Decree No. 468.
However, Russian military financial education experienced new reforms. Therefore, on July 1, 2007, in Military Financial and Economic Academy arose from Yaroslavl Military Financial and Economic Institute as agreed by the decision of the Russian Government No. 307-r. Following this, the General Headquarters prescribed to transform Military Financial and Economic Academy into Military Financial and Economic Institution (as a department of the Federal State Institution of Higher Professional Education “Military University”) on July 9 , 2009.
Finally, Military Financial and Economic Institution of Military University was disbanded. The decision was approved on July 20, 2010, by the Order No. 993 of the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation and on July 23, 2010, by the Directive No. 313/10/2697 of the General Headquarters’ Chief.
Cadets, unit commanders, and some instructors who wanted to continue their work and military service, left for Moscow before September 1, 2010 to proceed in Military University. The disbandment was accomplished by December 1, 2010.
In 2003-2010, the educational institution thereby changed its status and name four times. Such a chain of events occured the previous time at the era of the Great Patriotic War. Exactly, the activity was inevitable and reasoned in the past. Unfortunately, the same approach seems to be a false one in modern conditions. Indeed, military financial and economic units should be assessed as rather important for maintaining the state ability to defend itself.
