Kiev Suvorov Military School

Kiev Suvorov Military School
Київське суворовське військове училище
The monument to Alexander Suvorov at the Ivan Bohun Military High School, which was erected when the high school was known as the Suvorov Military School during the Soviet era.
Other name
KvSVU
Former name
Kharkov Suvorov Military School
Type military academy
Active 1943 (1943)–1992 (1992)
Founder Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Affiliation Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Location Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Language Russian, Ukrainian
Website ksvu.kiev.ua

The Kiev Suvorov Military School (KvSVU) (Ukrainian: Київське суворовське військове училище) (Russian: Киевское суворовское военное училище) was a boarding school in Kiev, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR. It was affiliated to Suvorov Military School in the USSR for military cadets. It was succeeded with the Ivan Bohun Military High School following Ukraine's independence in 1991.

History

It was founded in 1943 as the Kharkov Suvorov Military School. It was located on Lenin Square in Kharkov. On July 1, 1947, the school was relocated from Kharkov to Kiev, where it was renamed the Kiev Suvorov Military School. In 1992, by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on August 19, 1992, the Ivan Bohun Military High School was established on the basis of the Kiev Suvorov Military School.[1][2]

Heads of the school

  • 1943-1944 - Peter Eremin
  • 1944-1945 - Viktor Vizzhilin
  • 1945-1954 - Andrei Tomashevsky
  • 1954-1956 - Ivan Kisses
  • 1956-1958 - Terenty Umansky
  • 1958-1970 - Boris Kibardin
  • 1970-1985 - Ivan Kaurkin
  • 1985-1992 - Viktor Sidorov

See also

References

  1. Украина, компания Джобс. "Киевское Суворовское военное училище (Киевский военный лицей имени Ивана Богуна) | Киевские училища | ПТУ Киева". www.parta.com.ua. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  2. "КИЕВСКОЕ СУВОРОВСКОЕ ВОЕННОЕ УЧИЛИЩЕ". www.kadet.ru. Retrieved 2017-08-03.

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