The A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy is one of the oldest military universities in the country. It traces its history back to the first Military Engineering School, created by decree of Peter I on January 16, 1712. It was the first military educational institution in Russia in which polytechnic training was carried out. In 1800, the Military Engineering School was transformed into the Second Cadet Corps. Other military educational institutions in Russia were formed in his likeness.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the cadet corps turned into the largest center in the empire for training artillery officers and engineers for the Russian army, which entered a long period of wars with Napoleonic France. The level of training of officers in the corps allowed them to successfully carry out the most complex combat missions. This is evidenced by the resounding victories of the Russian army.
According to official data, of all the officers of the guards, field and horse artillery who took part in the hostilities against the French, about 70% were graduates of the Second Cadet Corps, including the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, Field Marshal General, His Serene Highness Prince M.I. Golenishchev-Kutuzov; generals K.F. Levenstern, V.G. Kostenetsky, L.M. Yashvil, who at different times commanded the artillery of the entire Russian army and others.
The cadet corps entered the new 20th century with a structure that differed little from that existing at the time of its creation. The cadets were divided into companies, which were placed in separate locations and divided into sections. The following classes were taught in the building: the Law of God, the Russian language with Church Slavonic and Russian literature, French and German, mathematics, basic information on natural history, physics, cosmography, geography, history, fundamentals of law, penmanship and drawing. In addition, there were extracurricular subjects: drill, gymnastics, fencing, swimming, music, singing and dancing. Upon successful completion of the full course of training, the cadet had the right to enter a military school for free.
On January 31, 1910, an event of historical significance for the cadet corps took place. In the Highest Order of Emperor Nicholas II, it was announced: “Due to the continuity of the Second Cadet Corps established by historical data from the Engineering School established by Emperor Peter I on January 16, 1712 in Moscow, the Sovereign Emperor on the 31st day of January of this year, deigned to give the highest order to give the Second Cadet Corps seniority to the corps from the date of establishment of the said school, that is, from January 16, 1712.” In accordance with the order of the emperor, since 1912 the corps began to be called the Second Cadet Corps named after Peter the Great.
The revolution of 1917 put an end to the existence of the Second Cadet Corps. The Provisional Government made an unsuccessful attempt to reform the cadet corps in Russia, and in the military development plans of the Soviet government there was no place at all for the old system of military education, of which the Second Cadet Corps had been an integral part for two centuries. By order of the People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs No. 11 of November 14, 1917, admission to all military educational institutions was stopped.
After the October Revolution of 1917, two military educational institutions of the Air Force were located in the buildings of the former Second Cadet Corps - the Military Technical School of the Red Air Fleet and the Military Theoretical School of the Red Air Fleet. The educational institutions trained officers for the Red Army Air Force. Over the years, the school’s graduates included famous aviators and Heroes of the Soviet Union A.V. Lyapidevsky, N.P. Kamanin, G.F. Baidukov, V.A. Kokkinaki, M.T. Slepnev.
By order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 0812 of March 27, 1941, the Leningrad Air Force Academy of the Red Army was created on the basis of the schools of the Red Air Fleet. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, only in 1941, the academy managed to graduate three times and provide the front with 246 qualified engineers, and in total during the war years the academy trained about 2,000 military aviation specialists. Nine graduates of the academy became Heroes of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War.
On March 19, 1955, by order of the USSR Minister of Defense, the Leningrad Air Force Academy of the Red Army was named after Alexander Fedorovich Mozhaisky.
In 1960, the Academy began training specialist officers in the operation of rocket and space technology.
By Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation dated September 22, 1994 No. 311, the legal succession of the Academy and the Engineering School created by Peter I was established and determined.
In light of the ongoing reform of the military education system of the Russian Defense Ministry, large-scale structural changes have been carried out at the academy.
Currently the Academy carries out:
- complete military special training for officers at nine faculties in 39 military specialties and 1 specialization
- secondary military special training for sergeants (foremen) of contract service - in 1 military specialty out of 6 available in the license;
- professional retraining and advanced training of military specialists in 94 specialties (including 10 specialties of higher military operational-tactical training), as well as retraining of military personnel transferred to the reserve, on the basis of higher professional education - in 30 specialties and on the basis of secondary vocational education - in 4 specialties.
Faculty of Aircraft Design
On March 27, 1941, on the basis of the Institute of Civil Air Fleet Engineers as part of the Leningrad Air Force Academy of the Red Army, a mechanical faculty was formed - Faculty No. 1.
From the first days of his education, he was awarded the title “engineer”. It is this faculty that throughout its history has been and remains decisive in the affiliation and direction of the academy.
The faculty trains cadets in 5 specialties, which fully cover the system of operating space assets. It consists of 6 departments:
- Department of Quality Control and Testing of Weapons, Military and Special Equipment;
- Department of Spacecraft and Interorbital Transportation;
- Department of Launch Vehicle Design;
- Department of Launch and Technical Complexes;
- Department of Refueling Equipment;
- Department of navigation and ballistic support for the use of CS and flight theory of aircraft.
Today, the scientific potential of the faculty consists of 11 doctors of technical sciences, 9 professors, 47 candidates of technical sciences, 25 associate professors, 3 honorary workers of higher professional education of the Russian Federation, one honored worker of science of the Russian Federation.
The Faculty is rightfully proud of its graduates. Among them are the head of the Federal Space Agency, Army General Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin, the first cosmonaut of the Space Forces, Hero of Russia, Colonel Yuri Georgievich Shargin, heads and deputy heads of cosmodromes, leading researchers at the Research Institute of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Today the faculty solves complex problems. Third generation programs are being formed. New training standards are being developed. The educational material base is being modernized.
Faculty of Control Systems for Rocket and Space Complexes
Since the formation of the Space Forces, the faculty has been training specialists for launch units and control of orbital groups.
Currently, the faculty of “Control Systems for Rocket and Space Complexes” includes five departments:
- Department of Autonomous Control Systems;
- Department of Onboard Electrical Equipment and Power Systems of Aircraft;
- Department of Management of Organizational and Technical Systems for Space Purposes;
- Department of Onboard Information and Measurement Systems;
- Department of automated systems for preparation and launch of space rockets.
The faculty provides training for higher education in four specialties:
1. Aircraft control systems.
2. Application of launch units.
3. Operation of automated systems for preparing and launching rockets and spacecraft.
4. Operation of optical and optical-electronic means of spacecraft.
The scientific and teaching staff includes 6 doctors of science and 50 candidates of science. 6 teachers have the academic title of professor, and 27 teachers have the title of associate professor. This ensures a high level of educational, methodological and research work.
Honorary professors of the academy work at the faculty: Ponomarev Valentin Mikhailovich - Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, colonel, head of the department; Smirnov Valentin Vladimirovich - Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Colonel, Head of the Department; Luchko Sergey Viktorovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, professor, colonel, head of the department.
Faculty of Radioelectronic Systems of Space Complexes
The faculty was created on January 17, 1946 on the basis of the Faculty of Electrical Special Equipment, which by that time was already training officers - specialists in aviation radio equipment.
Currently the faculty includes 6 departments:
- transmitting, antenna-feeder devices and SEB means,
- space radio systems,
- space radar and radio navigation,
- telemetry systems and integrated information processing,
- Department of Networks and Communication Systems of Space Complexes,
- receiving devices and radio automation.
In the field of creation and use of small spacecraft, the faculty has priority in the creation of educational and experimental spacecraft of the Mozhaets series and the development of programs for conducting space experiments with them to test and test elements of promising space systems.
The faculty is equipped with all on-board and ground-based information and telemetry equipment in service with the East Kazakhstan region
Faculty members are permanent participants in the working group on the development of new navigation signals for the modernized GNSS GLONASS.
The faculty's scientific schools cover the fundamental and most knowledge-intensive areas of space radio electronics. Over the years of the existence of the faculty, these scientific schools have trained 35 doctors of science and more than 180 candidates of science. The scientific potential of the faculty is 57 candidates and 4 doctors of science.
Faculty of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure
On March 27, 1941, the Leningrad Air Force Engineering Academy of the Red Army was created, within which the faculty of airfield construction was organized.
Currently, in the context of army reform and the transition to training according to new educational standards, the faculty is faced with new tasks in training personnel for the renewed Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and retraining military personnel being transferred to the reserve. Military engineers are trained in the following specialties:
1. Operation and design of buildings and structures.
2. Operation of technical systems and life support systems of RKK surface and underground structures.
3. Heat and gas supply and ventilation.
4. Operation of power supply facilities for special-purpose facilities.
The departments of the faculty have carried out a large number of research projects aimed at improving methods of design and application of buildings, structures and their engineering equipment.
The educational and material base includes a training and laboratory base at the faculty and a field training base at the educational educational institution.
On the basis of supporting the educational process, there is a training engineering camp with fragments of fortification structures, engineering barriers and camouflage of combat positions, and an energy testing site.
One of the outstanding graduates of the faculty is Nikolai Alekseevich Krylov, the founder of the Russian scientific school of non-destructive testing in construction.
The scientific and teaching staff includes 4 doctors of science and 56 candidates of science. 6 teachers have the academic title of professor, 22 teachers have the title of associate professor.
Faculty of Information Collection and Processing
It was formed in 1977 on the basis of the Faculty of Applied Cosmophysics and Meteorology of the Red Banner Military Engineering Institute named after A.F. Mozhaisky, consisting of 5 military special departments and a training military geophysical observatory.
Currently, the faculty trains cadets in 5 specialties:
1. Optical-electronic control means
2. Technologies and means of geophysical support for troops
3. Engineering analysis
4. Space electronic control
5. Integrated radio-electronic control.
4 scientific schools have been formed and are actively functioning: a scientific school of military applied geophysics, a scientific school on the theory of efficiency of targeted processes, a scientific school on optical-electronic means of control and image processing, a scientific school on radio engineering systems for monitoring and analyzing information. Within the framework of these scientific schools, 44 doctors of science and more than 200 candidates of military, technical, physical, mathematical and geographical sciences were trained.
During the existence of the faculty, 74 people graduated with a gold medal. From year to year, cadets of the faculty take prizes in regional and all-Russian competitions for the best student scientific work.
The faculty currently employs two Honored Workers of Science and Technology, one Honored Inventor, 3 doctors and 35 candidates of military, technical, physical, mathematical and geographical sciences.
Graduates of the faculty at one time were: Hero of Russia, laureate of the State Prize, Chairman of the State Technical Commission under the President of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Colonel General S.I. Grigorov, as well as the Head of the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Academy, Dr. Ph.D., Professor, Major General S. S. Suvorov.
Faculty of Information Support and Computer Science
The faculty is intended to train officers in specialties covering the field of information and technical support for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The faculty includes:
- Department of Information Collection and Processing Systems;
- Department of Information Computing Systems and Networks;
- Department of Mathematical and Software;
- Department of “Complexes and means of information security”;
- Department of Information and Analytical Work.
- subject-methodological commission “Psychological actions”.
The main directions of scientific and educational activities of the faculty are:
1. Information support for the use of the RF Armed Forces;
2. Technologies for the use of computer systems and networks of the RF Ministry of Defense;
3. Information and analytical work;
4. Justification of tactical and technical requirements for computer systems and networks of the RF Ministry of Defense;
5. Development of software and algorithmic support for computer systems and networks of the RF Ministry of Defense;
6. Computer and information security technologies;
7. Computer simulation of combat operations.
The scientific and pedagogical potential of the faculty consists of 10 doctors of science, 63 candidates of science. Of these, 3 are Honored Scientists, 8 are professors, 31 are associate professors.
Honored professors of the academy work at the faculty: Rostovtsev Yuri Grigorievich - Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Technical Sciences, author of more than 200 scientific and educational works; Ryzhikov Yuri Ivanovich - Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Technical Sciences, author of 260 scientific and educational works.
Faculty of Topographic and Geodetic Support and Cartography
In 2006, the Military Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky included the Military Institute (Topographic), transformed from the Military Topographical Institute named after A.I. Antonov.
In 2011, the Military Institute as part of the Military Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky was reorganized into the 7th Faculty of Topographical Support and Cartography.
The faculty trains cadets in the following specialties: Secondary vocational education - Applied geodesy (Operation of geodetic equipment). Higher professional education:
- Astronomic geodesy (Application of geodetic units and operation of geodetic equipment).
- Aerial photogeodesy (Application of topographic units and operation of topographic equipment).
- Cartography (Use of cartographic units and operation of cartographic equipment).
The faculty also carries out advanced training for specialists of the Topographical Service of the RF Armed Forces and retrains discharged military personnel for a new type of activity in the field of cadastral relations and operation of geodetic equipment.
Graduates Kudryavtsev M.K., Byzov B.E., Nikolaev L.S., Losev A.I., Khvostov V.V., Filatov V.N. Over the years, they rose from a cadet to the head of the Topographical Service of the Armed Forces.
Among the graduates are the Chief of the Logistics Staff of the Leningrad Military District, Major General V.D. Santalov, and the Head of the Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Major General G.D. Zhdanov.
Faculty of Missile and Space Defense
The faculty was created by the Order of the Minister of Defense of Russia dated July 12, 2011 on the basis of two former structural divisions of the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy: the military institute of systems and means of supporting troops in the city of Pushkin and a branch of the academy in the urban village of Kubinka. Both structural divisions of the academy have long been important elements of the personnel training system for the country's Air Defense Forces, Strategic Missile Forces and Space Forces.
Currently, the faculty organizes the training of officers for the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces and other departments in the field of training “Radio Engineering” in the specialty “Special Radio Engineering Systems”. The main military training specialties are: “Application and operation of missile attack warning systems”, “Application and operation of missile defense systems” and “Application and operation of anti-space defense and space control systems”. The main customer of the specialists is the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces.
The faculty employs four doctors and 28 candidates of science, three of whom have the academic title of professor, 13 have the academic title of associate professor, two have the academic title of senior researcher. Two teachers are honorary workers of higher professional education of the Russian Federation.
Among the graduates of the faculty there are many military leaders and prominent scientists: Colonel General E.S. Yurasov, Lieutenant General G.V. Kisunko, N.S. Zaitsev, V.V. Artemyev, A.K. Efremov, M.M. Kucheryavyi, A.I. Ilyin and others.
The glorious past of the faculty, its traditions, accumulated experience in organizing the educational process, modern educational and laboratory facilities, high qualifications of teachers - all this constitutes the main prerequisites and conditions for successfully solving the problems of modern military reform, the main content of which is the creation of a mechanism for ensuring the country's security and an effective military construction.
Faculty of Automated Troop Control Systems
- Department of System Analysis and Mathematical Support of ACS (troops),
- Department of Technologies and Means of Technical Support and Operation of ACS (troops)
- Department of Technology and Means of Integrated Processing and Transmission of Information to ACS (troops),
- Department of ACS of space complexes,
- Department of ACS PRO.
The faculty trains cadets in 10 specialties:
- Mathematical support for automated control systems for spacecraft
- Application and operation of automated systems for special purposes;
- Mathematical support for automated spacecraft control systems;
- Informatics and Computer Science;
- Automated information processing and control systems;
- Computers, complexes, systems and networks;
- Computer software and automated systems;
- Maintenance of computer equipment, computer networks;
- Application and operation of automated systems for special purposes.
The faculty has created a scientific school for automating the management of complex organizational systems. In total, over the years of existence of this scientific school, 8 doctors and 66 candidates of sciences have been trained.
Faculty of retraining and advanced training
On June 29, 1941, based on the directive of the General Staff of the Red Army, 3-month training courses for engineers were created. Over the many years of its existence, this unit has undergone many changes and reorganizations, as a result of which on September 1, 2009, the faculty of retraining and advanced training was created with a new staff structure.
Currently, the faculty is engaged in retraining officers with higher military operational-tactical training in 11 specialties. Improving the qualifications of military specialists in 85 specialties.
Professional retraining of discharged military personnel:
- with higher education in 30 specialties;
- with secondary education in 9 specialties and three working specialties.
The faculty trains specialists for the East Kazakhstan region, the Topographical Service of the RF Armed Forces and other central military command and control bodies. Classes are taught by faculty from all faculties of the academy and general academic departments.
During the existence of the faculty (academic courses), more than 20,000 specialists have undergone retraining and improved their qualifications. In 2009-2011, 802 officers underwent advanced training of military specialists from branches and branches of the military. 969 people underwent professional retraining of discharged military personnel.
Military Institute (research)
In accordance with the requirements of the time and the tasks facing the academy, all previously separate scientific divisions of the academy were united from July 15, 2009 into a newly formed unit - the Military Institute (research).
Currently, the structure of the scientific component of the academy best suits the needs of the time. The personnel of the institute's departments are engaged in the production of scientific and technical products in current and promising areas of scientific research.
The basis of the scientific potential of VINI consists of 115 candidates and 31 doctors of science. 18 people have the title of professor, and 19 people have the title of associate professor.
To conduct research, the institute has unique samples of laboratory, experimental and modeling facilities, such as:
- experimental ballistic stand
- radar measuring complex “Tsunami-3”;
- integrated aircraft laboratory "FOTON";
- stands for studying the impact of space factors on RCT objects;
- models of the phono-target environment.
The main objectives of the institute are:
- military scientific support for research and development work;
- carrying out flight experimental work in the interests of types and branches of the military;
- release of a system of initial data to support work on the creation of space weapons for the period until 2015;
- participation in the working group on the GLONASS system;
- carrying out operational tasks of military command and control bodies.
Thanks to the scientific potential of the institute, the capabilities of the laboratory and experimental base, as well as taking into account the prospects for the construction of the armed forces and the improvement of means of armed warfare, a significant expansion of the range of use of forces and means of the VINI has been achieved.
Educational process support base
The main task of the base is to support the educational process and scientific research on the field educational and material base of the academy. The educational process support base (Lekhtusi village) provides practical training for cadets and students in operational-tactical, tactical-special, military-technical, military-special and general military disciplines in all training specialties established for the academy in the scope of current curricula and programs, as well as conducting related scientific research. It is located in the village of Lekhtusi, Vsevolozhsk district. The total area of the base is more than 900 hectares.
The base is used when carrying out:
- practical and group classes in the operation of space assets, life safety, military topography, fire training, management of the daily activities of units and other disciplines;
- tactical and special training and exercises;
- operational practice and military training;
- applied scientific research;
- field exits;
- recruitment of applicants;
- basic military training.
The base is equipped with:
- workplaces for training combat crews for the preparation and launch of rocket launchers and spacecraft control;
- test site;
- tactical training field;
- military shooting range;
- chemical training campus;
- combined arms and assault fire obstacle courses;
- structures and training grounds according to rules and safety measures, engineering support facilities;
- sports town with a football field and running tracks.
The field base facilities are equipped in accordance with the requirements of Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of 2010 No. 150, provided with the required samples of weapons and military equipment, simulators; equipped with management, communication and monitoring tools for the implementation of curricula and programs. Existing weapons and military equipment, training facilities, and classrooms are maintained in working order and provide the required throughput for high-quality training of practical training tasks for students and cadets in the time allotted by the curriculum.
Educational and methodological work
Educational and methodological work is the most important component of the educational process at the academy. It includes the organization and conduct of all types of training sessions, ongoing monitoring of progress, intermediate and final certification of students, improving the methodology and improving the quality of training sessions, increasing the professional level of the management and scientific-pedagogical staff of the academy.
The main objectives of educational and methodological work are:
- training of officers with higher professional education, sergeants with secondary vocational education, highly qualified scientific, pedagogical and scientific personnel for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and other federal executive bodies;
- professional retraining and advanced training of military personnel and civilian personnel;
- meeting the needs of students in intellectual, cultural and moral development through obtaining higher, secondary and (or) postgraduate professional education.
The Academy has a license to conduct educational activities and a certificate of state accreditation for training specialties determined by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
State requirements for the minimum content and level of training of graduates in all training specialties are established by state educational standards and qualification requirements for military professional training of graduates, on the basis of which curricula and training programs have been developed.
The most important events in educational and methodological work in 2011:
- The 83rd graduation of officers was held: 907 graduates successfully passed the final certification, of which 838 were cadets, 40 students, 29 foreign military personnel. At the same time, 86 graduates received diplomas with honors, and 13 of them were awarded gold medals;
- 553 military specialists were trained at the faculty of retraining and advanced training;
- approved by the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation 7 federal state educational standards (FSES) of a new generation out of 28 entrusted to the development of military universities. On September 1, the academy began teaching first-year students according to the new Federal State Educational Standards.
Educational work
An integral part of the educational activities of the academy and one of the main activities of all university officials is educational work. Educational tasks are successfully solved during the educational process, daily military service, joint educational, scientific work and other types of activities of the permanent and variable staff of the university.
The academy annually hosts a set of organizational, technical, informational, propaganda, and cultural and leisure events for the patriotic education of military personnel.
Since 2010, it has become traditional for personnel to participate in Victory Parades on Palace Square in St. Petersburg and Red Square in the capital of our Motherland, the Hero City of Moscow.
In order to improve the quality of information and propaganda work with personnel, in 2010 the publication of the weekly radio newspaper “Altair” and the monthly academic printed newspaper “Bulletin of the Academy” was organized. This made it possible to cover events in the life of the academy, divisions, and departments more widely and quickly, and to provide information about the work of the academic council of the academy, the tasks being solved by the academy, and the prospects for its development.
Cadets and officers take an active part in the cultural and social life of the city of St. Petersburg and the Petrograd region. The participation of cadets in the festival of patriotic songs “Songs of Victory”, held by the city administration, has become traditional. Academy personnel take an active part in events held by municipal councils, the city government and the administration of the Petrograd region as part of the celebration of Victory Day, youth festivals and holidays.
Close cooperation has been established with the State Chapel, the Russian Museum, the Large and Small Philharmonic Halls, and the Mariinsky Theater. For the first time since 2010, groups of our cadets began to visit the exhibitions of the A.V. Museum in an organized manner. Suvorov, museum-palace A.D. Menshikov, the Hermitage Theater and the St. Petersburg Opera, the historical complex of the Peter and Paul Fortress and St. Isaac's Cathedral.
A lot of work on the patriotic education of personnel is carried out by employees of the historical and memorial hall of the academy. Created in 1966, the museum remains the place where academy graduates from different years often meet.
Sports work
The main role in organizing physical training and sports at the Academy is played by the Department of Physical Training. Created in March 1941, the department has always set itself the task of ensuring high physical readiness of the academy’s military personnel when performing their duty to defend the Motherland.
The staff of the Department of Physical Training and Sports has gained well-deserved authority. This is evidenced by the high rates of physical fitness and mass sports work in the unit.
The Academy has trained tens of thousands of highly qualified, physically hardened officers for the Armed Forces.
In the military, academy graduates continue to pass on to their subordinates the knowledge and skills acquired at the academy during physical training classes.
Over the past years, physical training and sports at the academy have achieved significant development. Sport has become widespread and has become firmly established in the studies, life and everyday life of cadets. Spartakiads are held among faculties, courses and permanent staff. The Academy participates in all competitions of the city, district, Space Forces, Armed Forces, Europe and the World.
For its success in sports, the academy was awarded many challenge prizes, 86 of which were left for permanent storage. Over the years of the academy's existence, more than 250 masters of sports of the USSR have grown up in it.
Teachers of the department are the authors of many published works on the theory and practice of physical culture and sports. These works were important for the development of physical training and sports at the academy and were highly appreciated by other universities and military units of the Russian Defense Ministry.
The department’s staff includes five candidates of pedagogical sciences, one professor, three associate professors, two honored masters of sports, one international master of sports, 12 masters of sports, two honored coaches of Russia, eight excellent students of physical education and sports.
Currently, the staff of the Department of Physical Training and Sports continues to maintain glorious traditions and successfully solves the problems of further improving physical training and sports at the academy.
The Military Space Academy is a leading military educational institution that trains specialists for the Space Forces, other branches and branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation.
Today the Academy has significant scientific potential. As of January 1, 2009, the Academy employs: 117 doctors of science; 633 candidates of sciences; 89 professors; 264 associate professors; 27 Honored Scientists of the Russian Federation; 6 honored workers of higher education of the Russian Federation; 6 Honored Inventors of the Russian Federation; 36 members of international academies and academies of the Russian Federation; 16 laureates of the Government of the Russian Federation award.
The Academy has 6 councils for the defense of doctoral and candidate dissertations, in which more than 150 doctoral and candidate dissertations have been successfully defended over the past five years.
The education that graduates receive at the Military Space Academy fully meets the requirements for officers during military service. The academy trains officers in 40 military specialties, many of which have no analogues in our country.
The main task of the academy is to train highly qualified officers with deep engineering knowledge for units and subunits of the Russian Space Forces, to conduct scientific research in the interests of the Space Forces, which have the most advanced rocket and space systems that have incorporated the latest achievements of modern science at the beginning of the 21st century. They require a professional officer with broad technical erudition, a patriotic officer.
The entire system of educational, scientific and educational work of the academy command and teaching staff is subordinated to ensuring that a graduate of the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy has high intelligence, has the necessary moral qualities, a high general culture, has formed such a system of values and ideals that would allow him to conscientiously and successfully fulfill his military duty.
Academy graduates are specialists in rocket and space systems, solve defense problems at the state level, numerous applied and fundamental scientific problems, and ensure the operation of spacecraft and launch vehicles.
Among the academy's graduates is the head of armaments of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin. The first representative of the Space Forces to fly to the international space station, Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Shargin, is also a graduate of the academy.
Symbols of the Mozhaisky Academy
Mozhaisky Academy is a military university in St. Petersburg, serious and very popular among applicants. Its distinctive feature is that it trains personnel primarily for the aerospace forces. But other branches of the military and law enforcement agencies also draw personnel reserves from these walls.
Is it worth targeting Mozhaika? Let's figure it out.
In this article I will not describe the official regalia of the Academy, the number of students and teachers, or faculties. You can find all this yourself on the official website. I’m interested in something else: is it worth enrolling in Mozhaika at all, the pros and cons of this decision.
So, they are waiting for you:
High competition
To put it simply, consider that for any faculty there is competition for approximately 2 people per place, a little more or less.
Competition in Mozhaika:
- For girls - 10 people per place
- for boys 1.5 - 3.5 (on average 2) people per place.
Please note: among girls the competition is limited to 10 people per place. And every year more and more girls come to the entrance examinations.
Which faculty has the biggest competition?
Oddly enough, to the Faculty of Secondary Professional Education (3.5 people per place). SPO is a faculty of secondary vocational education, with a training period of 2 years and 10 months. As they would say in civilian life, vocational school. After him they go to serve in the positions of surveyor or topographic surveyor, technician, calculation and shift supervisor. And all this with the rank of warrant officer. Agree, the parents of these children dream of something more.
The Academy administration suggests not focusing on all these numbers, but focusing on the admission itself. Think about your own scores, and not about the number of applications submitted per place.
What physical (physical training) scores can you realistically get into?
When entering, the most important thing is the category of professional suitability. It is used to rank places on the competitive list, and the sums of points on the Unified State Examination and the Physical Examination do not influence so much. In reality, for boys it is possible to enter with physical fitness scores from 25 to 100, but for girls they need more, because the competition is higher.
Upon admission, three exercises are taken:
- Boys - 3 km cross-country run, 100-meter run and pull-ups.
- Girls - running 1 km, 100 m and raising the body from a lying position.
You can get a maximum of 100 points in physical training if, based on the results of 3 exercises, you get from 195 to 300 points (the score is added up for all three exercises). On the other hand, you can apply with minimal points - for physical training it is 25 points.
What USE scores can you realistically get into?
In fact, for admission it may be enough for the Unified State Exam scores to reach the lower limit. This:
- Russian language 36
- physics 36
- math 27
- geography 37
Why is that? Your final results are determined primarily by the category of professional suitability. If you received a category (the best), then you will be ahead of those guys in the lists whose Unified State Examination is much better.
But that's not all. Applicants will be subject to a psychologist and testing.
Testing
Tests are divided into groups. There will definitely be tests aimed at identifying a person’s personal characteristics (they will check the level of balance, normality - after all, they will put a weapon in your hands) and motivational tests (on the desire to serve in the army and obey discipline, superiors and regulations).
If the applicant has personal achievements - for example, a GTO badge, prizes in local Olympiads, sports categories, etc. - here you need to show documents and include information in the application form. These achievements do not give points directly to the Unified State Exam, but they affect the passage and results of testing by a psychologist.
Strict selection and subsequent difficulties
Get ready for difficulties of all kinds. They are connected with military training in general, and with the Mozhaisk Academy in particular.
Admission restrictions
For example, children often take physical training in the rain, and if someone gets sick, they may not pass the medical examination (MEC), which has deadlines (you may simply not have time to recover).
Or a child travels with a slight flat foot, and the medical board adds a diagnosis of arthrosis - and that’s it, he’s unfit.
Once enrolled, the cadets will also face many restrictions on their freedom. And you need to be mentally prepared for this in advance.
Oath 2017 at the Mozhaisky Academy - After passing exams and tests, and before the start of training, cadets are no longer allowed to go home.
- During the introductory selection, living conditions were spartan (almost daily rain and leaky tents, warm showers once a week, theft of personal and valuable things).
- The use of social networks and communication on the Internet is limited.
- Cadets of the Mozhaisky Academy are prohibited from driving a car for the entire period of study at the Academy.
Is it enough, or do you need more? Believe me, there will be many restrictions, starting with hairstyles and behavioral habits.
Vaccinations
In Russia there is a national vaccination calendar, where infants begin to be vaccinated in the maternity hospital.
When entering Mozhaika (as well as any other military university), the applicant must have a vaccination card with notes on all vaccinations prescribed by the calendar. If they are not there, do them, and the sooner the better, because many vaccinations require repeated vaccination.
You won’t be accepted without vaccinations (they will be considered unfit for admission), and it doesn’t matter whether you were allergic, or your mother refused vaccinations for ideological reasons.
Expulsions based on discipline
Are pranks and disobedience possible? If you perform well, you can be expelled only for behavior. And by the way, according to the cadets, in recent years it has been customary to expel students for any offense. You understand how offensive this will be.
On the other hand, studying here has a lot of advantages.
Pros of Mozhaisky Academy
Large selection of specialties
Across all programs, there are about 40 specialties in which training is provided that will satisfy even the discerning student. And there’s nothing even to say about the military space fleet, for which Mozhaika is the source of personnel. In general, everyone will find a specialty to their liking.
For example, the specialty of specialist training.
Specialties for specialty, Mozhaika, 2018 Really do it without cronyism
It’s quite possible to do it without cronyism. You just need to do well in the entrance examinations and demonstrate decent personal qualities (the role of the psychologist in the selection process is really important, not just for show).
According to one of the fathers of applicants who entered in 2017, if there was an opportunity to put in a word, he would definitely take advantage, but there was no such opportunity, and the son entered quite successfully on his own.
The quality of education
Most graduates, including recent years, are satisfied with their education.
A good academy and one of the few where they teach what you need! But the discipline is very strict, they expel you for any mistake!
Feedback from cadet 2017
Graduates have a real opportunity to rise to high ranks and positions. For example, among the graduates are the former Deputy Minister of Defense (Vladimir Popovkin), the famous cosmonaut pilot (Yuri Sharygin), Lieutenant General and Chief of the General Staff (Stanislav Suvorov) and many other famous people.
As a start to their career, all graduates will receive assignment to serve as an officer.
As you can see, there is where to start and where to strive.
Living conditions
During basic training, cadets live in barracks. The living conditions are quite acceptable, everything is clean and suitable for living.
Mozhaisky Academy. Barracks A good canteen (according to reviews, the food is quite decent), the barracks are being renovated.
Dining room at the Mozhaisky Academy, St. Petersburg
The presented photos from the official materials of the Academy demonstrate what the cadets will have to face.
Cultural leisure
Don't forget that this is St. Petersburg, the cultural capital of Russia. The Academy is “friends” with all sorts of museums, exhibitions, and theaters, and students regularly and in an organized manner visit cultural places.
In general, the child will not only receive a military specialty, but will also have cultural leisure in St. Petersburg, which may be of particular interest to children from the outback (and their parents).
Summary
We will not take into account those who have a negative attitude towards the army and military education, and who were not accepted, or were sent home after training. The rest of the reviews about Mozhaisk Academy are mostly positive.
If we summarize the reviews of Mozhaika applicants and cadets, we get the following picture.
They speak positively about:
- quality of education
- barracks and living conditions
- cultural and organized leisure
Neutral or good:
- nutrition
Negative:
- strict selection upon admission
- poor living conditions in the camp for applicants
- too strict discipline, with expulsion for offenses
- old part of the training facilities
I hope you now have a better understanding of what you're up against.
If you like St. Petersburg, you have chosen a military career for yourself, and one of the faculties of Mozhaika appeals to you - go for it. Moreover, you will be able to enroll in another university at the same time, or enroll while already studying in civilian life - upon admission they will ask for a copy of the certificate, the original can be picked up and brought back after the order.
The A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy is one of the most popular universities of the Russian Ministry of Defense with thousands of applicants every year. Basically, personnel are trained here for the VKS (Military Space Forces) of the Russian Federation. However, other departments of the RF Ministry of Defense are also acquiring qualified personnel, graduates of the Mozhaisky Academy.
Story
The Military Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky is rightfully one of the oldest military educational institutions in Russia. The starting point of history was January 16, 1712, when, by decree of Peter the Great, the Engineering School was formed, which became the first military educational institution in the history of the country with a polytechnic training program.
Since 1758, the school began to be called the Artillery and Engineering Noble School, and since 1762, the Artillery Engineering Noble Corps. In 1800, after reorganization, the corps became the Second Cadet Corps. This structure remained until the beginning of the 20th century.
Emblem of the Military Space Academy named after. Mozhaisky On January 31, 1910, a key event in the history of the educational institution took place. Emperor Nicholas II, in his Highest command, gave the corps the name of Tsar Peter. Since 1912, the corps began to be called the Second Cadet Corps named after Peter the Great. However, the history of the building with this name did not last long. The revolution of 1917 became a new milestone in history.
The new government of the Soviet Republic tried to reform all cadet corps, and plans for the future considered the option of completely abandoning the current system of training military personnel. On November 14, 1917, by order of the military commissar for military and naval affairs, the admission of recruits to the corps was stopped.
In the 30s, the Military Theoretical and Military Technical School of the Red Air Fleet was located in the empty buildings of the building. These two schools began to train officers for the USSR Air Force. In those days, the Military Technical School became the best aviation technical educational institution in the country. Since 1934, the school began to be called the Improvement Courses for the Technical Staff of the Red Army named after K. E. Voroshilov. After reorganization in 1938, the Courses were renamed the First Leningrad Military Aviation Technical School named after K. E. Voroshilov.
The Military Theoretical School, which was also located in the same buildings as the Military Technical School, became the Fifth Military School of Weapons Technicians of the Red Army Air Force in 1933. Since 1938, the school was reorganized into the Second Leningrad Military Aviation School.
At the Military Space Academy named after. Female cadets are successfully studying at A.F. Mozhaisky On March 27, 1941, the Leningrad Air Force Academy of the Red Army was created. During the Great Patriotic War, the academy was relocated from Leningrad to Yoshkar-Ola. During the war, the educational institution trained more than two thousand military aviation engineers. For services to the country, the Air Force Academy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1945, at the same time the academy returned to Leningrad, which was destroyed after the war. The Academy was housed in buildings previously occupied by aviation schools. During hostilities, a hospital and warehouses were located here.
In 1945, the Air Force Academy was awarded the Order of the Red Banner Since 1955, the academy was named after A.F. Mozhaisky, the man who created the first domestic aircraft. After the formation of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces), the academy became part of them and trained qualified personnel for the missile and first space units.
In the period from the early 60s to the mid-90s, the educational institution changed its name several times, but the specialization in training engineers of various specialties remained unchanged. Today, the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy continues to train military engineers for the Russian Aerospace Forces and other military departments.
Ceremonial march of cadets at the Military Space Academy Institute structure
The Military Academy trains personnel in 12 main faculties:
- Aircraft design.
- RSC management system and information and technical support.
- Radioelectronic systems of space complexes.
- Engineering and electromechanical support.
- Collection and processing of information.
- Special information technologies.
- Topographic and geodetic support and cartography.
- Means of rocket and space defense.
- Automated troop control systems.
- Special Faculty.
- Retraining and advanced training.
- Secondary vocational education.
In addition, there are 16 general academic departments, a research institute and a master's degree.
Educational and material base
The Institute has sufficient material and educational resources to train qualified specialists, taking into account the requirements of military service and established training programs.
Oath of cadets of the Military Space Academy named after. Mozhaisky To obtain practical skills in general, tactical and special disciplines, a field training base is provided. Combined arms and physical training is carried out at a special base, which includes the following facilities:
- parade ground;
- training guard camp;
- obstacle course;
- shooting range;
- gym;
- stadium.
There are plans for the near future to build our own swimming pool.
The university constantly introduces the latest technologies into the educational process based on various forms of education:
- question and answer systems;
- laboratory work with the practical application of network technologies;
- electronic textbooks;
- computer simulators;
- methodological manuals;
- various communication and support systems.
The Academy is carrying out serious work to modernize standard weapons using the latest computing tools. Each cadet can count on being provided with basic educational and educational literature, manuals and other means of implementing a full-fledged educational process for any training programs operating at the military academy. The library fund of the institute consists of more than 700 thousand copies of various educational literature, of which more than 300 thousand are teaching aids.
Teachers from among the officers make a great contribution to the training and education of cadets Admission conditions
Persons with secondary general education and meeting the following criteria can apply to study at the institute under the full program of military-special training:
- Did not undergo military service.
- Age from 16 to 20 years.
- Those who have completed military service or military personnel undergoing compulsory military service under the age of 24.
- Military personnel undergoing contract service (with the exception of officers) up to 27 years of age.
The secondary military special training program considers candidates who have completed general secondary education before the age of 30.
- passport;
- military ID;
- Unified State Examination results;
Cadets at the faculty of "Design and operation of rockets and rocket-space complexes" The admissions committee evaluates each candidate for admission according to the following criteria:
- health status;
- professional suitability based on psychological, psychophysical and psychoemotional research;
- level of physical fitness;
- results of the Unified State Exam.
To be able to take part in the competitive selection, applicants must provide:
- passport;
- military ID;
- certificate of complete secondary education;
- diploma of secondary vocational education (if any);
- Unified State Examination results;
- information about academic achievements.
Military personnel submit a report to the commander. Attached to the application or report:
- copy of birth certificate and passport;
- autobiography;
- characteristics (from place of study, service, work);
- a copy of documents on existing education;
- military service card;
- a copy of the document confirming the assignment of a sports category or title;
- photographs of the established sample.
After passing the preliminary selection, the necessary documents are sent to the institute, including data from a medical examination, psychological selection and personal files (for contract military personnel). Based on the documents received, the university admissions committee selects candidates for professional selection. Citizens admitted to professional selection must come to the institute with all documents.
Upon completion of training, the graduate is awarded a military rank with the qualification "technician" Professional selection is carried out by the selection committee and includes the following activities:
- determination of suitability for admission for health reasons;
- determining the category of professional suitability based on psychological and physical research;
- assessment of the level of training in general education disciplines;
- assessment of professional training based on additional tests;
- physical fitness assessment.
Based on the results of professional selection, candidates are divided into 4 categories:
- Recommended first.
- Recommended.
- Conditionally recommended.
- Not recommended.
Candidates who receive the “not recommended” category are considered unsuccessful. All candidates undergo a general physical test consisting of a 100 meter run, a 3000 meter run and a 100 meter swim. For girls, pull-ups on the crossbar are replaced by lifting the body from a lying position in one minute, and the running distance is reduced to 100 meters and 1000 meters, respectively. For more detailed information about the procedure for preparatory and professional selection, additional tests and conditions for enrollment in the institute, it is recommended to visit the official website of the educational institution.
Living conditions
During training, cadets live in barracks. Everything is adapted quite acceptable for the life of the cadets. The barracks are regularly cleaned and repaired. There is a canteen on the territory of the academy, where, judging by the reviews, the food is good three times a day.
The Academy is located in the cultural capital of Russia, St. Petersburg, so it cooperates with many museums and theaters, and cadets are frequent guests at such events. This is especially true for those who come to study from the outback. When will you have another opportunity to spend cultural leisure time in St. Petersburg?
