Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation
Московский пограничный институт ФСБ России | |
Official Flag of the Border Troops | |
Former name | KGB Moscow Higher Frontier Guards Command Academy |
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Type | military academy |
Established | February 4, 1932 |
Head of the School | Major-General Valery Kozlov |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
The Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation carries out training for officers of the Border Guard Service of the FSB Russia.
History
On February 4, 1932, the Third School of Frontier Guard and OGPU troops was formed. During WW2, the school issued 837 cadets and listeners ahead of schedule. In February 1945, the cadets of the school took part in the security of the Yalta Conference. 9 cadets of the school were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. On June 24, 1945, personnel of the school made their first appearance in the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945, and have been taking part in parades on Red Square since then. In 1953, the school was renamed the Moscow Border Military School of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1996, it was transformed into the Moscow Military Institute of the Federal Border Service of the Russian Federation.[1]
Notable Alummi
- Pavel Arabey
- Ivan Govorov
- Andrian Dudkin
- Victor Zaitsev
- Leonid Manilov
- Dmitry Razumovsky
See also
References
- ↑ "История МПИ ФСБ России". mpi.fsb.ru. Retrieved 2017-08-03.