Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School

The Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School (BVOKU) was one of the military academies of the USSR. In the years it existed, it trained military personnel in a number of specializations. It was located in Baku in the Azerbaijan SSR.

Baku Higher Combined-Arms Command School
Бакинское высшее общевойсковое командное училище
The banner of the academy
Typemilitary academy
Active1939 (1939)–1991 (1991)
Location
Baku
,
USSR
LanguageRussian

History
During a parade in Baku in 1970.

On November 29, 1939, the school was founded by order of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR.[1] Colonel Vasily Sytnikov was appointed the first head of the school. In 1950, a two-year training period was introduced. In 1951, the school ranks 6th place among the infantry schools in the country. On November 28, 1966, by order of the Supreme Soviet, the school was given the honorific of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR.[2] In October 1970, the school, opened a military parade of the Baku garrison in honor of the 50th anniversary of Soviet Azerbaijan. All participants in the parade from the school received personal thanks from the Minister of Defense of the USSR Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko, who the next day visited the location of the BVOKU. In 1978, the BVOKU was awarded the Diploma of the Minister of Defense and was recognized as one of the best according to the results of the All-Army review contest dedicated to the diamond jubilee of the Great October Socialist Revolution. In 1980, the school was awarded the Memorial Red Banner of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan following the results of a socialist competition in honor of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin. In the 1980s, during the period of hostilities of the Limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, mountain and airborne training of cadets was introduced in the BVOKU. In 1991, the school was disbanded and the following year, was replaced by the Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy. The cadets of the 1988, 1989, and 1990 school years were sent for graduation to other general military schools of the Russian Federation.

Rectors of the School
During a visit by Minister of Defense of the USSR Andrei Grechko in 1970.

The following have led the BVOKU since 1939:[3]

  • Colonel Vasily Sytnikov (29 November 1939-12 July 1942)
  • Colonel G. Shelkov-Yezov (13 July-30 August 1942)
  • Lieutenant Colonel Timofey Bilyuga (30 August-October 1942)
  • Major General Vladimir Molchanov (October 1942-1947)
  • Major General Yuri Smirnov (1947-1950)
  • Major General Georgy Preobrazhensky (1950-1953)
  • Major General Leonid Gredinarenko (1953-1956)
  • Major General Hajibaba Zeynalov (1957-1960)
  • Major General Vasily Fedotov (1960-1965)
  • Major General Konstantin Sevastyanov (1965-1970)
  • Major General Fedor Alexandrov (1970-1977)
  • Lieutenant General Valeh Barshatly (1977-1987)
  • Major General Alexander Lobanov (1987-1990)
  • Major General Victor Koshevoy (1990-1991)

Notable Alummi
  • The Honor Guard of the Academy during a parade in 1966.
  • During a parade in 1960.
  • The release of lieutenants 1968
  • The headquarters of the school.
  • Major General Alexander Lobanov who commanded the school from 1987 to 1990.

See also

References
  1. "Училище в годы ВОВ (1 часть) - История БВОКУ - Каталог статей - Четвертый батальон БВОКУ". kombat-bvoku.com. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  2. "Кузница офицерских кадров – Военно-исторический журнал МО РФ". Archived from the original on 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  3. "Училище – Четвертый батальон БВОКУ".

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