Minsk Higher Military-Political School
{{Short description|Defunct Russian military academy}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Minsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School
| native_name = Минское высшее военно-политическое общевойсковое училище
| image = Institution IPS.png
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| established = {{start date|1980|05|10}}
| closed = {{end date|1992|01}}
| type = Military academy
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| affiliation = {{army|Soviet Union}}
{{army|Belarus}}
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| city = Minsk
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| country = Belarus
}}The Minsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School (MVVPOU) ({{Langx|ru|Минское высшее военно-политическое общевойсковое училище; МВВПОУ}}) was a specialized military higher educational institution of the Soviet Army based in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2RGjDwAAQBAJ&dq=Minsk+Higher+Military-Political+Combined+Arms+School&pg=PT287|title=The Armed Forces Of The USSR|first1=Harriet Fast|last1=Scott|first2=William F.|last2=Scott|date=July 16, 2019|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781000314748|via=Google Books}} Located on Kalinovsky Street in Minsk, it served as part of the educational systems for both the Soviet Ministry of Defense and briefly the Ministry of Defence of Belarus.https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA181964.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwil8vCN5a_qAhXvAp0JHX23AY8QFjAFegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw2aWElkMeBAzmww4-OtoVFW{{Dead link|date=July 2020}}
History
The Minsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School was founded on May 10, 1980. Its curriculum was based on the 11 Central Courses for the Improvement of Political Staff (CCPS).
In July 1984, the school graduated its first class of political officers.{{cite AV media| author = Backo258|date= March 2, 2011|title=Первый выпуск МВВПОУ.|trans-title=The First Graduation of the MVVPOU|language=ru|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHXxmY4tr4k|publisher=YouTube}} In 1985, the school granted its first master's degrees in pedagogical sciences to army officers from foreign countries. In late November 1986, CCPS training was given to the senior staff of all military-political schools, including the MVVPOU. On April 26, 1990, the first gathering of honored students of military-political schools took place at the Minsk Upper School of Higher Professional Education.{{Cite web|url=http://xn--d1achldnce4ab.xn--p1ai/minskoe-voenno-politicheskoe/|title=МИНСКОЕ ВОЕННО-ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЕ|trans-title=Minsk Military-Political|language=ru|publisher=The Veteran Organization of the Political Department of the General Staff of the USSR|date=August 24, 2016}}
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Belarusian independence, the MVVPOU was transformed into the Minsk Higher Military Command School in January 1992,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/schools/mvvpou.htm|title=Minsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School|website=www.ww2.dk}} which became one of the foundations for the newly-created Military Academy of Belarus in 1995. The school was integrated into the military academy as its combined-arms facility.{{Cite web | url=https://www.mil.by/en/media/video/voennoe_obrazovanie/11993/ | title=Belarusian Military Academy|publisher=Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus|year=2017}}
Personnel
During its existence, the Minsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School held 11 graduation ceremonies and trained more than 1,900 officers, 35 of whom were awarded gold medals. The school also had many international students, training 900 people from 21 foreign countries.{{Cite web|url=https://justarrived.by/en/catalog/universities/military-academy-of-the-republic-of-belarus|title=Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus - About|publisher=Justarrived.by}}
More than 150 cadets served in the Soviet-Afghan War, while other graduates participated in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, and in armed conflicts in former Soviet republics, including the Insurgency in the North Caucasus.
=Heads of the school=
- Ivan Vasiliev (1980–1987)
- Vladimir Bamburov (1987–1992)
- Michael Shalev (1992–1994)
- V.A. Davidulin (1994–1995)
References
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Category:Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
Category:Political-Military Educational Institutions
Category:1980 establishments in Belarus
Category:Educational institutions established in 1980
Category:Military academies of Belarus