The Moscow Suvorov Military School (MsSVU) () is a military educational institution of secondary education of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. It was the first of the Suvorov Military Schools founded in the Soviet Union. MsSVU was named after Russian military commander Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800).
History The Moscow Suvorov Military School was formed as the Gorky Suvorov Military School between 4 July 1944 and 1 October 1944. The Gorky Suvorov School was home to teachers and military officers in the Red Army. On 30 August 1956, the Gorky Suvorov Military School was relocated to Moscow. In 1964, the school switched to a three-year curriculum. They began to take boys after 8th grade at the age of 15–16 years. On 21 December 1991, the school was redeployed to Moscow.
Location In Moscow, it was originally located near the Fili metro station. In 1991, it was transferred to Winding Passage, Building 11 (Babushkinskaya), where it is located to this day. Since 2011, the graduation of Suvorovites has been carried out on Cathedral Square in the Moscow Kremlin. Opposite the school is the Moscow Border Institute of the FSB of the Russian Federation.
Heads of the School The following is a list of heads of the school since 1944:
1944-1950 - Major-General Karp Zheleznikov 1950-1953 - Major-General Guri Smirnov 1953-1956 - Major-General Boris Anisimov 1956-1961 - Major-General Leonid Vagin 1961-1963 - Colonel Grigory Muslanov 1963-1965 - Major-General Sergei Savchenko 1965-1973 - Major-General Vasily Fedotov 1973-1982 - Major-General Pyotr Kivolya 1982-1991 - Major-General Ivan Sumenkov 1991-1998 - Major-General Nikolay Kornilov 1998-2006 - Major-General Vyacheslav Roshchin 2006-2009 - Major-General Andrei Nechaev 2010-2011 - Colonel Alexander Tomashov 2011-2013 - Alexander Aglushevich 2013-2017 - Major-General Alexander Kasyanov 2017–Present - Lieutenant-General Victor Polyakov
Alumni During its existence, the school had conducted 63 graduations. Many of its pupils eventually became the Heroes of the Soviet Union and veterans of the Soviet-Afghan War. Notable alumni have included:
Igor Ivanov — Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004. Andrey Bocharov — 5th Governor of Volgograd Oblast Stas Namin — Leader of the Soviet music group, Tsvety and the grandson of Soviet politician Anastas Mikoyan.. Vladimir Gruzdev — 4th Governor of Tula Oblast Vladimir Makarenko — Russian orientalist, linguist, lexicographer, and translator. Igor Sergun — Director of GRU from 2011 to 2016.
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