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	Генерал Армии КОРМИЛЬЦЕВ Николай Викторович Главнокомандующий Сухопутных войск (General of the Army KORMILTSEV, Nikolay Viktorovich Commander-in-Chief, Ground Troops)
First Deputy Chief --- BALUYEVSKIY, Yuriy Nikolayevich, Col-Gen. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 11 Oct 97; <SMI.ru>, 20 Feb 02).
First Deputy Chief --- SMIRNOV, Vasiliy, Lt-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 8 Sep 01).

[Notes]

[With Kormiltsev's appointment as CINC, though no formal announcement was made, the Ground Troops re-emerged as a separate branch of service.]
Tthe command was officially established on December 1, 2001. The command now comprises the Ground Troops Main Directorate, Main Combat Training Directorate of the Armed Forces, Missile and Artillery Troops Directorate, Ground Troop's Air Defence, Directorate of NBC Protection chief, and the Directorate of the Engineering Troops" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 20 Apr 01; ITAR-TASS 1 Dec 01).
". . . the substantial enhancement of the status, role, and potential of the new Ground Forces commander Deputy Defense Minister Nikolay Kormiltsev will be promoted by the fact that it is planned to make a number of the Defense Ministry's central directorates subordinate to him. In particular this applies to the Main Directorate for Combat Training, the directorates of the chief in command of the missile and artillery troops, the chief of the tactical air defense, the chief of army aviation, the chief of the radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops, and the chief of engineering troops." (Khodarenok, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 29 Apr 01).

CINC, Ground Troops --- KORMILTSEV, Nikolay Viktorovich, Col-Gen, appointed 28 March 01 (RIA Novosti, 28 March 01).

[BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, KORMILTSEV: born on 14 March 1946 in Omsk. Russian. Attended Omsk Higher Combined-Arms Command School and the M.V. Frunze (1978) and General Staff (1990) Academies. He has commanded a platoon, a company, a battalion, a regiment, deputy division commander (1983-1988), a division, a district training center in Omsk, an army corps, and an army (Far East MD) and been Transbaykal District First Deputy Commander (Nov. 1994). Commander of the Transbaykal Military District since September 1996-1998. (Krasnaya Zvezda 17 Dec 96 p 1). Commander, Transbaykal MD until it’s amalgamation with Siberian MD, (ITAR-TASS 1135 GMT 23 Nov 98). Commander of the Siberian MD (ITAR-TASS 1135 GMT 23 Nov 98). (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 19 Dec 00).]
[The former Chief of the Main Directorate of the Ground Troops was BUKREYEV, Yuriy Dmitriyevich, Col-Gen, retired (Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 14:27 MT, 31 July 2000).]

First Deputy Commander (Chief of Staff) --- MOROZOV, Aleksandr, Lt-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 10 Jan 02).

Deputy Commander --- BULGAKOV, Vladimir, ?-Gen (Center TV, 14 Aug 03).

Deputy Commander --- MOLTENSKOY, Vladimir Ilyich, Col-Gen, appointed (Vremya Novostey, 26 Sep 02; noted as a Col-Gen (Military News Bulletin No 011, 1 Nov 02).

[". . . responsibility for sport and military education" (Nezavisimaya Gazeta in Russian, 10 Dec 02).]
[Noted as a "Acting Commander" of the North Caucasus Troop Grouping, (ORT 1, 12 Jun 01). Appointed Commander --- 15 Oct 01. "Head of the unified federal troops group in the North Caucasus Colonel [?] General Vladimir Moltenskoy is appointed first deputy commander of the Russian Land Forces, a source in the group headquarters told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday. … Moltenskoy was made the group's commander in July 2001. He succeeded Colonel General Velery Baranov, who is now deputy commander of the Interior Ministry troops. (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 25 Sep 02).]

[MOLTENSKOI: "Born on July 21, 1950 in the village of Vygonichi, Brest Region, he graduated from the Tashkent Higher Tank Command School in 1971 and served as platoon and company commander in the Central Group of Forces and company commander, deputy battalion commander and battalion commander in the Carpathian Military District. In 1982 he graduated from the Military Academy of the Armour and served in the Far Eastern Military District as chief of staff - deputy regiment commander, regiment commander, chief of staff -deputy division commander, and head of the district centre that trained junior specialists. He subsequently commanded a division in the Western Group of Forces. Upon graduation from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in 1996, he was appointed chief of staff - first deputy commander of an army corps. In January 2001 he was promoted to deputy commander of the troops of the North Caucasian Military District for emergencies and commander of the Joint Group of Forces for the counter-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus. He was appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Land Force by presidential decree of September 16, 2002" (Military News Bulletin No 011, 1 Nov 02).]
[Previous Deputy was POPOV, Vladimir I., Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01). "Popov was born in the town of Troitsk, Chelyabinsk region, 24 December 1949. He graduated from the Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command College (1971). Served as platoon and company commander and chief of staff of a separate battalion in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Armored Troops Military Academy (1978). Dispatched to the Far Eastern Military District where he held the posts of battalion commander, chief of staff - deputy regiment commander, regiment commander, chief of staff - deputy division commander and division commander. General Staff Academy (1991). Appointed first deputy army commander in the Volga Military District. After that he commanded an army and was first deputy commander of the troops of the district. Promoted from the post of the deputy commander of the Volga military district" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01). Appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Land Force by a presidential decree of November 6, 2001. (Voyeninform Military News Agency, 1 Jan 02).]

Deputy Commander (Chief of Armaments) --- REBRIKOV, Vladimir, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01; Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Apr 03).

["Rebrikov was born in the village of Tisul, Kemerovo region, in July 1950. He graduated from the Omsk Tank Technical College in 1970 and Armored Troops Military Academy in 1976. His previous post has been that of the deputy chief of the Main Ordnance Department in the Ministry of Defense" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01). Vladimir Aleksandrovich Rebrikov was born on 28 July 1950 in Kemerovo Oblast. He completed the Omsk Tank Engineering School in 1970, and the Armored Troops Military Academy in 1976. He has served in the Central Group of Forces and the Belarusian, Moscow, and Far East military districts, in positions ranging from deputy commander of a tank company to deputy commanding general of a district for armaments. He was chief of staff for armaments of the Ground Forces from 1996 to 1998, and deputy chief of the GABTU [Main Directorate for Motorized and Armored Vehicles and Tanks] and chief engineer from 1998 to 2002. He is a candidate of military sciences. He has been chief of armaments and deputy commanding general of the Ground Forces for armaments since 2002. He has received two orders and medals, and he holds the rank of lieutenant-general (Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, 7 Feb 03).]

Deputy Commander (Peacemaking Operations) --- YEVNEVICH, Valeriy, Lt-Gen. Appointed (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 16 Jan 02).

["Yevnevich was born in Batumi on September 2, 1951, graduated from the Ryazan higher airborne command college in 1972, Frunze Military Academy in 1983 and General Staff Academy in 1992. He served in airborne troops and Land Forces, led a separate airborne assault brigade in Afghanistan in 1986 to 1988, commanded the 2nd guard Taman motorized rifle division stationed in the Moscow region in 1992 to 1995. Yevnevich became Hero of Russia in 1993 and was appointed to his post in the Trans- Dniestria Republic in November 1995" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 16 Jan 02).]
["General Kormiltsev reported that he considers this to be an extremely successful step. The point is, the commander in chief stressed, that Yevnevich has acquired many years of experience primarily in the Dniester region not only of commanding major military subunits but also of working with the local population and of dealing with international social and military organizations. Valeriy Yevnevich would have had a hard time in his new post without this knowledge. After all, the new commander's main functions will be to coordinate the actions of Russian peacekeeping contingents and to collaborate with NATO and UN forces in military conflict zones" (Izvestiya, 16 Jan 02).]

Deputy Commander (Indoctrination Work) --- CHECHETENKO, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 21 March 03).

(Ground Troops Main Staff)

Chief of Staff --- MOROZOV, Aleksandr, Lt-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 6 Jun 01; Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 20 Feb 02).

[Morozov was commander of the 41st Army, (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 6 Jun 01).]

First Deputy Chief of Staff --- KOTENKO, Gennady, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01; 9 Sep 02).

["Kotenko was born in the village of Vlasovka, Rostov region, in January 1948. He graduated from the Baku High Command College in 1970, Frunze Military Academy in 1982 and General Staff Academy in 1989. Kotenko was assigned the post of the deputy chief of the Land Forces Main Department in 1998" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 9 Nov 01).]

Deputy Chief of Staff --- PRIBYTKOV, Sergey, Maj-Gen, (ITAR-TASS, 20 Mar 02).

3rd (Visla) Motorized-Rifle Division [Moscow MD]

10th Tank Division [Moscow MD]

20th Guards Combined-Arms Army

22nd Separate Motorised-Rifle Brigade

· [Was the 22nd Separate Airborne Regiment stationed in Bosnia. "The regiment is ordered to reduce the number of servicemen by 200. Moreover, the regiment is to be renamed separate motorised rifle battalion that will comprise 700 people, including 140 officers and warrants, and will be subordinate to the Land Forces." (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 13 Sep 01).]

· [Established "to accomplish combat missions in Bosnia. The brigade is manned mainly with retired paratroopers who signed contracts on professional military service within the peacekeeping contingent in the Balkans. Almost all high-ranking officers of the brigade are from the Land Forces" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 24 Oct 01).]

· ["By June 1 [2002] the contingent in Bosnia will comprise some 270 officers, warrant officers and professional motorized riflemen, who are to continue accomplishing peacekeeping missions within Multinational Brigade North stationed in northeastern Bosnia. The number of checkpoints and area of responsibility of Russian servicemen will be reduced as well. The withdrawal of Russian servicemen from Bosnia will start in the second half of April. The Russian separate airborne brigade comprising 1,300 servicemen was formed in accordance with the Russian president's decision and the defense minister's directive on December 11, 1995. It accomplishes peacekeeping missions in northeastern Bosnia since January 1996. The brigade's area of responsibility totals 1,750 square kilometers, and the length of the Serb-Moslem separation line amounts to 75 kilometers. The brigade was reduced by over 300 servicemen and transformed into the 22nd separate airborne regiment in June 2001. After the airborne troops handed peacekeeping functions over to the Leningrad military
district in September 2001, the regiment was once again transformed into the brigade comprising 600 servicemen" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 2 Apr 02).]

Commander --- Prokoshev, Sergey, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 24 Oct 01; 2 Apr 02).

22nd Combined-Arms Army

41st Combined Arms Army

Chief of the Political Work Department --- Danilenko, Vladimir, ? (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 25 Apr 01).

74th detached motorized rifle brigade

Headquartered in the Kemerovo region (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 27 Jan 03).

589th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment

A permanent-readiness military unit, located in the garrison of Chernorechenks (Agentstvo Politicheskikh Novostey 06 Dec 01).

Air Defense [CINC Ground Troops]

Head --- DANILKIN, Vladimir, Col-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 18 Jan 01; noted as a Col-Gen, 16 Aug 02).

["Данилкин Владимир Борисович родился 28 мая 1946 года в г. Вышний Волочек Калининской области. В 1968 году с отличием окончил Ленинградское зенитное артиллерийское училище. После окончания в 1977 году Военной академии противовоздушной обороны Сухопутных войск занимал ряд должностей в войсках ПВО Среднеазиатского военного округа, в войсках ПВО Главного командования Южного направления, был начальником войск ПВО Закавказского военного округа. С ноября 1992 года по 2000 год - начальник войск ПВО Северо-Кавказского военного округа. Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 21 сентября 2000 года назначен начальником войсковой противовоздушной обороны Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации. Награжден орденами Красной Звезды, "За военные заслуги". Женат. Имеет троих сыновей и дочь" (Krsanaya Zvezda 16 Aug 01).]
[Previous head was Col-Gen Boris Dukhov. Retired (Interfax, 31 Jul 00).]

Chief of Combat Training --- SMAYEV, Vladimir, Major-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 1 Nov 01).

726th Training Center [Ground Troops' Air Defence]

Located near the town of Yeisk in the Krasnodar territory (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 1 Nov 01).

Air Safety Service [CINC Ground Troops]

Armaments [Ground Troops]

Chief --- REBRIKOV, Vladimir, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 9 Nov 01; Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Apr 03)

Ground Troops' Aviation [Air Force]

"According to a report Izvestiya received from the Russian Ministry of Defense, 'a decision has been made to incorporate the aviation of the Ground Forces in the RF Air Force before 1 November 2002' " (Izvestiya, 3 Sep 02).

["MOSCOW. Jan 4 (Interfax-AVN) - Army aviation of the Land Forces was reassigned of the Air Force on January 1, 2003" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 4 Jan 03).]

Russia To Disband, Replace Army Aviation Directorate by 1 Dec

CEP20030905000236 Moscow Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey WWW-Text in English 0855 GMT 5 Sep 03

[FBIS Transcribed Text] MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Armed Forces Army Aviation Directorate will have been disbanded by December 1 under the Russian defense minister's decree, a source in the directorate told Interfax-Military News Agency on Friday.

"The Russian Armed Forces Army Aviation Directorate has received the Russian defense minister's decree, ordering it to be disbanded by December 1," the source said.

He said that the directorate would be replaced by the Air Force Army Aviation Directorate, being tailored at the Air Force Command.

The new directorate will be headed by Lieutenant General Alexander Zelin, the Air Force aviation chief and deputy Air Force commander-in- chief.

Commander --- Surtsukov, Anatoliy, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 27 Oct 03).

· "Surtsukov was born in Saratov in 1954. He graduated from the Saratov Higher Air Force Pilots College in 1974. He served in the 50th mixed aviation regiment in Afghanistan from 1981 to 1982, holding the posts of deputy squadron commander and squadron commander. In 1987, Surtsukov graduated from the Gagarin Air Force Academy with honors. In 1994, he was appointed senior pilot inspector in the aviation department of the Moscow military district. In 1998, Surtsukov graduated from the General Staff Academy. In 2001, he became chief-of-staff and first deputy commander of the army aviation. Surtsukov has a total of 3,300 flight hours on more than 10 types of helicopters. He is a sniper pilot and a distinguished military pilot of the Russian Federation. He has been awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of Red Banner, the Order of Courage, the Order of Friendship of the Peoples, and other orders and medals" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 27 Oct 03).

[The previous commander, PAVLOV, Vitaliy, Colonel-General (Russian Public Television ORT 1, 1 Oct 01; Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 20 May 02), was asked to resign following the crash of an Mi-26 outside Khankala (Moskovskiy Komsomolets, 5 Nov 02).]

Deputy Commander --- IVANOV, Viktor, Major-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 25 Jun 02; 11 Nov 02).).
Deputy Commander for Armaments --- DEMENTYEV, Sergey, Major-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 1 Jul 02).
Deputy Chief of the Combat Training Department --- RAILYAN, Aleksandr, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 20 May 02).

Ground Troops Aviation Training Center

[In Torzhok, Tver Region," (ITAR-TASS, 19 Sep 02).

Combat Training, Main Directorate for [CINC Ground Troops]

[The Main Combat Training Directorate, as one of the "Main and Central Directorates," was subordinate to the General Staff. However, Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov, ordered it resubordinated directly to Deputy Minister of Defense and CINC, Ground Troops, Col-Gen Nikolay Kormiltsev, "until the Main Command of the Russian Ground Troops is set up, which must be done by 1 December 2001." (Interfax, 5 May 01).]

Chief --- SKORODUMOV, Aleksandr, Col-Gen noted as Col-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 4 Feb 03).

SKORODUMOV "has service in Afghanistan and Chechnya under his belt. He came to his current post from the position of Deputy Commander of Troops of the Siberian Military District (SibVO). According to reports, this appointment was lobbied for by the current Deputy Minister of Defense - Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Troops Col. Gen. Nikolay Kormiltsev (until March he commanded the SibVO troops)" (Kommersant, 16 Jun 01).]
[Previous Chief was --- MARCHENKOV, Valeriy, Lt-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 21 Feb 01).]

Deputy Chief --- KARASEV, Yuriy M., Maj-Gen (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 23 Sep 03).

Deputy Chief --- BELOUSOV, Alexander, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 8 Apr 02).

Deputy Chief --- GERASIMOV, Aleksander, Lieutenant-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 5 Feb 02; 3 Dec 02).

U/I Section

Head --- Major-General Valery Ageyev (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 18 Feb 03).

Program-Manual Directorate [Main Combat Training Directorate]

Head --- KARASEV, Yuriy M., Maj-Gen (Voyeninform Military News Agency, 8 Nov 00).

(Educational Institutions)

· Chelyabinsk Tank Institute

· Combined-Arms Academy of the RF Armed Forces

· Far Eastern Higher Combined-Arms Command School

· Military Artillery University

· Military University of Line-troops Air Defense of the RF Armed Forces

· Moscow Military Institute

· Novosibirsk Military Institute

· Syzran Military Aviation Institute

· Yekaterinburg Artillery Institute

Military University of Line-troops Air Defense of the RF Armed Forces

"The Military Academy of Ground Troops Air Defense was transformed in 1998 into the Military University of Line-troops Air Defense of the RF Armed Forces. In Essence it is the first military higher educational institution, created wihtin the new Russian Armed Forces" (Krasnaya Zvezda, 4 Apr 02).

Chief --- CHERTKOV, Viktor, Col-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 4 Apr 02).

Address: 214027 г. Смоленск-27, ул. Котовского, д.2. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).

Specialties: radio-engineering, automated data processing and management systems
Qualification: Engineer

Branch (Филиал) of the Military University of Line-troops Air Defense of the RF Armed Forces

460010 г. Оренбург-10, ул. Пушкинская, д. 63. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).
Specialty: radio-engineering

[Ground Troops Aviation Schools (Армейская авиация)]

Syzran Military Aviation Institute

446007 г. Сызрань-7, Военный городок N 1. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).
Специальность: эксплуатация воздушных судов и организация воздушного движения.
Квалификация - инженер.
Среднее военно-специальное образование
Специальности: техническая эксплуатация летательных аппаратов и двигателей; техническая эксплуатация электрифицированных и пилотажно-навигационных комплексов; техническая эксплуатация радиоэлектронного оборудования летательных аппаратов.
Среднее военно-специальное образование
Специальности: техническая эксплуатация летательных аппаратов и двигателей; техническая эксплуатация электрифицированных и пилотажно-навигационных комплексов; техническая эксплуатация радиоэлектронного оборудования летательных аппаратов.
Квалификация - техник.

[Combined-Arms and Tank Schools (Общевойсковые и Танковые)]

Combined-Arms Academy of the RF Armed Forces

119255 г. Москва Г-255, проезд Девичьего поля, д. 4.
Специальности: многоцелевые гусеничные и колесные машины.
Квалификация - инженер. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).

Far Eastern Higher Combined-Arms Command School

675021 Благовещенск Амурской обл., ул. Ленина, 158.
Специальность: многоцелевые гусеничные и колесные машины.
Квалификация - инженер. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).

Moscow Military Institute

["The Moscow Military Institute started on Wednesday [27 February] to elaborate training programs and documents for adoption of the four-year training cycle in several military educational establishments of the Ground Troops. A spokesman for the Defense Ministry Military Education Directorate told Interfax-Military News Agency that the abolition of the five-year training course and adoption of the four-year cycle were elements of the reform that is underway in the ministry's education structure. The first to adopt the four-year cycle are the Far Eastern Military Institute in Blagoveshchensk, Amur region, Moscow Military Institute, Novosibirsk Military Institute, Chelyabinsk Tank Institite and affiliate of the Chelyabinsk Tank Institute in Kazan. Graduates of these institutes will get higher professional educational diplomas in personnel management. The elaboration of programs and documents is supervised by Lieutenant General Vladimir Popov, deputy commander of the Land Forces" (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 27 Feb 02).]
109380 г. Москва, Ж-380.
Специальность: многоцелевые гусеничные и колесные машины.
Квалификация - инженер. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).

Novosibirsk Military Institute

630111 г. Новосибирск, ул. Иванова, 49.
Специальность: многоцелевые гусеничные и колесные машины.
Квалификация - инженер.
Специальность: перевод и переводоведение.
Квалификация - лингвист, переводчик.(Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).

Chief --- LEVSHIN, Aleksandr Vladimirovich, Maj-Gen (vippages.spb.ru, 2001)

Chelyabinsk Tank Institute

. 454030 Челябинск-30, ул. Манакова, д.1.
Филиал Челябинского танкового института. 420046 г. Казань-46.
В обоих вузах специальность: многоцелевые гусеничные и колесные машины.
Квалификация - инженер. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).

[Missile Troops and Artilllery Schools (Ракетные войска и артиллерия)]

Military Artillery University

195009 г. Санкт-Петербург, ул. Комсомола, д.22. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).
Специальности: электромеханика; радиоэлектронные системы; автоматизированные системы обработки информации и управления.
Квалификация - инженер.
Филиал Военного артиллерийского университета. 440025 г. Казань-25, Октябрьский городок. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).
Филиал Военного артиллерийского университета. 140403 Коломна Московской обл., ул. Красноармейская, д.7. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).

Branch of the Military Artillery Institute

[To be closed down in the course of the reform in 2002- 2003. (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey,30 Apr 03)..]
410082 г.Саратов, ул. Артиллерийская, д. 2. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).
Специальности: электромеханика; электроника и автоматика физических установок.
Квалификация - инженер и инженер-физик.
The Saratov affiliate of the Mikhailov Artillery University will be disbanded in June. "Preparations for the disbandment of the affiliate are nearly completed, and it will be disbanded in June," chief of the Russian Armed Forces missile troops and artillery department Lieutenant General Vladimir Zaritsky told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday. "First- and third-year students have already been transferred from the affiliate to the university's main facilities in St. Petersburg, fourth-year students will be transferred after taking exams, and fifth-year students will complete studies in Saratov and then leave for military units," Zaritsky said. He noted that the disbandment goes in line with the Armed Forces reform program. "A regional center for training junior specialists for the missile troops and artillery will be established at facilities of the affiliate," Zaritsky stressed. (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey,30 Apr 03).

Yekaterinburg Artillery Institute

620108 г. Екатеринбург, И-108, ул. Щербакова, 145. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 27 Mar 01).
В этих трех вузах специальность: электромеханика.
Квалификация - инженер.

Military-Preparatory Schools

Suvorov Military Schools (Krasnaya Zvezda 06 Dec 03, (RF Defense Minister Order No 337 of 22 September 2003) Moscow).

Omsk Cadet Corps (Krasnaya Zvezda 06 Dec 03, (RF Defense Minister Order No 337 of 22 September 2003) Moscow).

St. Petersburg Missile-Artillery Cadet Corps (Krasnaya Zvezda 06 Dec 03, (RF Defense Minister Order No 337 of 22 September 2003) Moscow).

[N.B. SCHOOLS ABOVE THIS LINE WERE MENTIONED AS ACCCEPTING APPLICATIONS DURING 2001.]

[N.B. SCHOOLS BELOW THIS LINE WERE MENTIONED PRIOR TO 2001, BUT NOT NECESSARILY STILL IN OPERATION FOLLOWING THE EDUCATIONAL REFORMS.]

[Engineering Troops Schools (Инженерных войск)]

Военно-инженерная академия 109028 Москва, Ж-28, Покровский бульвар, 11.
Нижегородское высшее военно-инженерное командное училище [606200 Кстово-4 Нижегородской обл.]
Тюменское высшее военно-инженерное командное училище [625028 Тюмень, ул. Толстого, 1]

[Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Schools (Радиационной, химической и биологической защиты)]

[Signal Communications Schools (Связи)]

Кемеровское высшее военное командное училище связи [650020 Кемерово, ул. Космическая, 2]
Рязанское высшее военное командное училище связи [390032 Рязань, ул. Каширина, 1]
Санкт-Петербургское высшее военное инженерное училище связи. [193015 Санкт-Петербург, С-015, Суворовский проспект, 326.]
Ульяновское высшее военное инженерное училище связи. [432013 Ульяновск, ул. Тухачевского, 19.]
Ставропольское высшее военное инженерное училище связи. [355028 Ставрополь, ул. Артема,2.]

[Electronics Schools (Радиоэлектроники)]

Череповецкое высшее военное инженерное училище Радиоэлектроники [162608 Череповец-8 Вологодской обл.]
Высшее военно-морское училище радиоэлектроники [198135 Петродворец, ул. Коминтерна, 15.]
Военный институт радиоэлектроники [394000 Воронеж.]

[Signal Communications Schools (Связи)] [Ground Troops]

Кемеровское высшее военное командное училище связи [650020 Кемерово, ул. Космическая, 2]
Рязанское высшее военное командное училище связи [390032 Рязань, ул. Каширина, 1]
Санкт-Петербургское высшее военное инженерное училище связи. [193015 Санкт-Петербург, С-015, Суворовский проспект, 326.]
Ульяновское высшее военное инженерное училище связи. [432013 Ульяновск, ул. Тухачевского, 19.]
Ставропольское высшее военное инженерное училище связи. [355028 Ставрополь, ул. Артема,2.]

[Motor Vehicle Schools (Автомобильные)] [Ground Troops]

· Челябинское высшее военное автомобильное инженерное училище. [454029 Челябинск-29, Свердловский просп., 28.]

· Военный автомобильный инженерный институт [390014 Рязань-14.]

[Rear Service Schools (Тыловые)] [Ground Troops]

Вольское высшее военное училище тыла [12680 Вольск-3 Саратовской oбл., ул. Максима Горького.]
Ульяновское высшее военно-техническое училище [432050 Ульяновск, ул. К. Маркса, 39а.]

[Topographical School (Топографическое)] [Ground Troops]

Санкт-Петербургское высшее военно-топографическое командное Училище [197042 Санкт-Петербург, ул. Пионерская, 20.]

[Financial School (Финансовое)] [Ground Troops]

Ярославское высшее военное финансовое училище

[150038 Ярославль, ул. Большая Октябрьская, 67.]

[Medical School (Медицинское)] [Ground Troops]

Военно-медицинская академия [92175 Санкт-Петербург, К-175, ул. Лебедева, 6.]

[Musical School] [Ground Troops]

Военно-дирижерский факультет при Московской государственной Консерватории [125284 Москва, А-284, ул. Поликарпова, 21.]

[Sport School] [Ground Troops]

Военный институт физической культуры [194353 Санкт-Петербург, просп. Б. Сампсониевский, 63.]

[Construction Schools] [Ground Troops]

Военный инженерно-технический университет [191185 Санкт-Петербург, Д-185, ул. Захарьевская, 22.]
Тольятинское высшее военное командно-инженерное строительное Училище [445681 Тольятти, ГСП-681, Самарской обл., ул. Ворошилова, 2а.]

[Other Schools] [Ground Troops]

Военный университет [103107 Москва, К-107, ул. Большая Садовая, 14.]
Краснодарское высшее военное училище [350035 Краснодар, ул. Красина, 4.]

Tactical Air Defense Military University (Krasnaya Zvezda, 30 Apr 03)

Chief --- FROLOV, Nikolay Maj-Gen

Engineering Troops

SERDTSEV, Nikolay, Colonel-General (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey, 17 Jan 02).

Indoctrination Directorate

Chief --- CHECHETENKO, Aleksandr, Maj-Gen (Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Apr 03).
? --- MALYGIN, Sergey, Col, (Krasnaya Zvezda, 5 Dec 02).

Missile/Artillery Troops, Main Directorate

Missile/Artillery Troops of the Ground Troops

Chief --- ZARITSKIY, Vladimir, Col-Gen (Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 25 July 01; promoted to Col-Gen, Profil, 30 Jun 03; Krasnaya Zvezda, 21 Nov 03).

["Зарицкий родился 15 июня 1948 года в селе Остапы Лугинского района Житомирской области. В 1968 году окончил Одесское артиллерийское командное училище, в 1978 году - Военную артиллерийскую академию в Ленинграде. Был начальником ракетных войск и артиллерии 4-й гвардейской Кантемировской танковой дивизии (Московский военный округ). В 1987 - 92 гг. занимал должность начальника Коломенского высшего военного артиллерийского командного училища. С 1992 года - начальник ракетных войск и артиллерии Московского военного округа" (Agentstvo voyennykh novostey, 25 July 01).]

Peacemaking Forces

Commander --- YEVNEVICH, Valeriy, Lieutenant-General (Krasnaya Zvezda, 18 Jan 02 ; Interfax, 15 Mar 02).

[Command over Russia's peacemaking contingent in KFOR was being transfered to subordination to Ground Troops under the Moscow MD (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 24 Jul 01 ).]

Political Work Dept.

Commander --- Chechetenko, Alexander, Colonel (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 14 Dec 01).

[Chechetenko was born in the town of Yeisk in the Krasnodar territory in 1951. He graduated from the Novosibirsk higher general military and political college and the Military-Political Academy. He served in the Kiev and Siberian military districts as well as in the central administration of the Land Forces. Besides, he fought in Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and from 1999 to 2000 (Agentstvo Voyennykh Novostey 14 Dec 01).]

GROUND TROOPS

Сухопутные войска (СВ)