Riga Nakhimov Naval School

The Riga Nakhimov Naval School (Latvian: Rigas Nachimova Skola; Russian: Рижское Нахимовское военно-морское училище) is one of the former Nakhimov Naval Schools in the Soviet Union. It existed from 1945 to 1953 in Riga, the capital Latvian SSR, where it was located. Throughout its 8 year existence,[1] it operated from the building that is now the Latvian War Museum.

The Latvian War Museum, which was the former building of the Riga Nakhimov Naval School.

History

It was created on 21 July 1945, and became the third Nakhimov school in the USSR (after Tbilisi and Leningrad). It was officially inaugurated on 30 August 1945.[2] The first bell rang there on 3 December. The Nakhimov School was a secondary naval training institution, with boys from 10 to 14 years old being accepted, mainly orphans and military children who died in the Great Patriotic War. After graduation, graduates were enrolled in higher naval institutions. In 1953 it disbanded and its pupils joined the Leningrad Naval Forces.[3] The school only ever graduated from 398 people. Many of its graudates continued their studies at the Higher Naval Diving School, which was soon created in Riga.[4][3]

A notable alumni of the school includes Afro-Russian actor and poet James Lloydovich Patterson.[5][6]

Heads of the school
  • 1945–1952 – Captain Konstantin Alexandrovich Bezpalchev
  • 1952–1953 – Captain Anatoly Ivanovich Tsvetkov

See also

References
  1. "Народ.Ру: РИЖСКОЕ НАХИМОВСКОЕ ВОЕННО-МОРСКОЕ УЧИЛИЩЕ (1945-1955)". rigapodplav.narod.ru. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  2. "Марк Агронский. «Рижское Нахимовское Училище. Часть 2″". МОРПОЛИТ (in Russian). 2015-08-07. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  3. "Рижское Нахимовское Училище - выпуски, история, традиции, судьбы. | НВМУ". nvmu.ru. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  4. "История Нахимовских училищ ⋆ НАХИМОВСКОЕ ВОЕННО-МОРСКОЕ УЧИЛИЩЕ". НАХИМОВСКОЕ ВОЕННО-МОРСКОЕ УЧИЛИЩЕ. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  5. Dimenshteyn, Ilya. «Любимый воспитанник Любови Орловой». Ves.lv. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2019. (in Russian)
  6. Рижское нахимовское училище. Хроника., retrieved 2020-06-16

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