The Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School is currently the only educational institution in the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation that trains officers of special intelligence units. Until 1994, the special intelligence department was located at the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School.

History of the Faculty of Special Intelligence

In 1968, based on a directive from the General Staff, a decision was made to form a company of special-purpose cadets.
In 1969, such a unit was created at the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School. This was the legendary 9th company, whose founding father was Colonel Ivan Shchelokov.
It was from this time that military units and special forces began to be staffed with qualified officers - graduates of the RVVDKU. At the very beginning, the company consisted of only two platoons. The first platoon was recruited mainly from graduates of Suvorov military schools and military personnel. The second platoon consisted of second-year cadets of the 7th and 8th companies of the RVVDKU. When recruiting platoons, it was necessary to select the most worthy candidates who would meet the high requirements for special forces cadets. However, as usually happens in such cases, the commanders fused the most inconvenient ones from the cadet units. True, the candidates for special forces officers had very good academic performance.
In 1970, it was decided to recruit a third platoon, and in 1971 - a fourth. Representatives of all four courses studied at the same time in the 9th company, which undoubtedly influenced the relationships within the team. He was particularly united; there was not even a hint of hazing. The elders always helped the younger ones without any arrogance or conceit. And the younger ones treated the elders with respect, but maintaining their own dignity. In those years, the company confidently held first place in the school both in studies and in sports.
It should be noted that among the subjects studied by the cadets, a special place was given to foreign languages. The company studied four foreign languages: English, German, French, Chinese. Since 1980, in connection with the use of special forces in the Republic of Afghanistan, the Persian language was introduced for studying. To this day, the battalion's cadets study precisely these five most common languages ​​in the world.
Also, special attention was paid to tactical and special training as the main specialized subject. As a rule, no problems arose with it. But not everyone went smoothly with the language. And if there were cases of expulsion for poor academic performance, they were mostly associated with problems in mastering a foreign language.
In addition, the training program for cadets included about twenty more subjects from special tactical and airborne training to the fundamentals of military pedagogy and psychology and political economy.
The main objective of training cadets was to develop strong skills in performing training and combat missions in the role of commanders of special forces groups.
Over time, the need for officers grew. In the summer of 1980, in connection with the outbreak of hostilities in Afghanistan, two platoons were recruited for the first time instead of one into the 9th company. At the same time, sections that studied Farsi appeared in the platoons. In 1981, on the basis of the 9th company, a two-company battalion was formed, which received the fifth serial number at the school. The battalion included the 13th and 14th companies, which each had four platoons. In 1982, the 13th company included two second-year platoons and two fourth-year platoons. The 14th company consists of two first-year platoons and two third-year platoons.
The Afghan war was gaining momentum and at that time many graduates of the fifth battalion immediately from the school found themselves “across the river” into the combat zone.
The withdrawal of troops from the DRA in 1989 did not greatly ease the situation. The powerful Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed, as a result of which the balance of forces and means between Russia and its potential opponents radically changed.
Multiple ethnic conflicts began. There has been a narrowing of boundaries. The Kiev Higher Combined Arms Command School, which trained military intelligence officers, naturally became part of Ukraine. But the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation needed somewhere to train their own officers for reconnaissance units. The idea of ​​creating a unified intelligence school in the Armed Forces system was matured back in the days of the USSR. Then the idea arose to create a school where military and special intelligence officers would be trained on a single basis. Therefore, it was decided to transfer a battalion of special-purpose cadets from Ryazan to the Novosibirsk Higher Military Education Command.

History of the school

In March 1967, in agreement with the USSR Ministry of Defense, it was decided to locate the Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School on the territory of Akademgorodok - the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
For 35 years, the school trained political officers, many of whom were sent for further service in the Airborne Forces, as well as in military units and special forces. The quality of Novosibirsk Political School graduates has always been higher compared to graduates of other schools with a similar profile. This was especially true for knowledge and skills in military matters. But with the collapse of the USSR in the 1990s and the subsequent abolition of political agencies, a new stage in the life of the school began.
In May 1992, the university was transformed into the Novosibirsk Higher Combined Arms Command School (NVOCU). The program and profile of officer training have changed. By July 1992, the intelligence department had been formed at the school, which became the only one in the system of military educational institutions of the Ground Forces. It was there that they began to train officers for military intelligence.

On August 1, 1992, in connection with the transition of the school to a command profile, new curricula and training programs for officers were introduced in the specialties “command tactical motorized rifle forces” and “command tactical military reconnaissance” with the qualification “engineer for the operation of armored and automotive equipment” with duration of study is 4 years.
By order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in 1993, a special intelligence battalion was officially introduced into the staff of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command Command. In accordance with the requirements of the reform of military education, the school began work in 1994 on training programs in the specialties “command tactical motorized rifle troops, military and tracked vehicles”, “command tactical military reconnaissance, military and tracked vehicles” with the qualification “mechanical engineer”, designed for a 5-year training period for cadets.
On January 15, 1994, in connection with the transfer of a special reconnaissance battalion from the Ryazan VVDKU, the school began training officers in the specialties “command operational-tactical special reconnaissance” with the qualification of “interpreter-referent” with a training period of 5 years.
On July 26, 1994, the 14th company of cadets was the first to arrive at the school. As soon as possible, by September 1, 1994, changes took place in the staff of the school. The departments of special reconnaissance, airborne training, and command and control were newly created. In-depth study of five foreign languages ​​has been organized.
Colonel Mikhail Tikhomirov became the head of the special intelligence department.
However, for the high-quality organization of the educational process, it was necessary to quickly create a new educational and material base and reconstruct the old one. The specialization of the battalion cadets involved in-depth study of foreign languages ​​and special subjects, such as engineering training, special tactical training, special radio communications and others. The issue of teaching foreign languages ​​was particularly acute, since for a number of them there were not enough teachers, not to mention specially equipped classrooms where cadets would be trained and trained.
With the titanic efforts of the officers and teaching staff, with the participation of the battalion cadets, work was carried out to create new classes and auditoriums, which undoubtedly influenced the quality of training.

In the sky and under water

On September 6, 1994, 125 people from a battalion of special forces cadets made their first parachute jump.
Despite the objective difficulties of an organizational and logistical nature, over the past decade more than 3 thousand paratroopers, 526 parachute training instructors have been trained here, more than 32 thousand parachute jumps have been organized and performed. Every year, the institute’s personnel perform parachute jumps, up to 20 cargoes are dropped during tactical and special exercises, and jumps are organized at night.
With the active work of the teaching staff, about 1,200 special forces officers have graduated from the walls of the Novosibirsk Institute, who worthily defend the interests of Russia both on its territory and abroad.
One of the main ways to bring special-purpose reconnaissance forces behind enemy lines is by sea. Considering that the school’s graduates are sent to serve in special military units of the Navy, in 1996 the Novosibirsk school received a directive from the General Staff to create a diving training department within the department of special intelligence. However, more than one year passed from the issuance of the directive to the creation of the department. It must be understood that the diving service was created in a land school, where the leadership had little understanding of the goals of this new structure. Diving underwater is an increased risk, several times higher than the risk of a parachute jump, this requires special equipment, allocation of the necessary premises, staff changes “and so on, so on, so on...”
The length of the journal article does not allow us to describe all the difficulties that the officers, midshipmen and warrant officers of the department encountered and overcame. At first there was neither diving equipment nor the necessary equipment. It came later.
Nevertheless, in June 1998, Captain 3rd Rank Pertsev, Senior Midshipman Koposov and Lieutenant Commander Matytsin conducted the first training diving descents with cadets of the 13th company in the waters of the closed parking lot of the Chkalovets yacht club.
At the beginning of December 1998, the institute received a mobile recompression station for divers. A boat was launched to facilitate the descent. There was no room to install a compressor - we repaired the emergency, semi-flooded basement on our own.
On July 5, 1999, for the first time in the history of the special forces battalion, the disembarkation of cadets of the 14th company by sea was organized. The experience of the exercises proved the imperfection of the training program. In November 1999, an elective in diving training was organized for eight selected cadets of the 16th Company, which, among a number of other tasks, proved the need to change the training program. A tactical-special exercise, held in July 2000, showed a huge difference in training between the cadets who took part in the elective and the guys who mastered diving under the regular training program.
In August 2000, the first internship was organized in the special intelligence units of the Navy. The first tugboat “Proteus-M” was brought to the institute from the internship. A little later, other special equipment necessary for quality training appeared.
A special physiologist appeared in the department, who underwent special training and received permission to provide diving descents.
In total, more than 1,200 cadets and officers underwent diving training, 414 of them received the qualification “non-standard diver”.
Thanks to the dedication and dedication to the beloved work of the staff of the diving training department, this issue is still organized at the proper level at the school.

Battalion of cadets

With the transfer of the battalion to a new location, its staffing structure also changed. Now it was based on five companies. At NVOKU, the battalion became the sixth battalion of cadets. The battalion had two companies of the first course and one of the following courses. The main difference was that the training program had changed, according to which the duration of study increased from four to five years. The first commander of the battalion of special forces cadets at NVOKU was Captain Anatoly Lebedinsky.
Undoubtedly, the battalion officers and department teachers made great efforts to provide better training to the cadets. In recent years, the battalion has taken a leading place in the school in all respects.

With the outbreak of hostilities in Chechnya, training at the Novosibirsk Higher Educational Institution has also changed. The training program for special forces battalion cadets began to gradually change with an emphasis on the use of units in local wars and armed conflicts. Special reconnaissance began to perform tasks that were not typical for it. Therefore, new educational and methodological materials were developed in the shortest possible time. Most of the battalion's graduates upon arrival to the troops were immediately sent to the combat zone.
In 2002, the institute stopped recruiting cadets in the specialty “use of motorized rifle units” and began training officers in the specialty “organization of moral and psychological support.” Personnel training in the specialization “use of military reconnaissance units” has been maintained at the same level. Over the past five years, the annual enrollment for training in the specialty “use of special intelligence units” has been increased from 70 to 130 cadets.
In 2005, in connection with the ongoing reform of military education, the Novosibirsk Military Institute was renamed the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (military institute) of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Memory

It should be noted that the graduate officers of the 1990s faced many difficult challenges. They had to participate in hostilities in Tajikistan and Moldova, Yugoslavia and Chechnya, Dagestan and South Ossetia, and other hot spots. The school is proud of its graduates - Heroes of Russia Alexei Galkin, Dmitry Elistratov, Dmitry Larin, Igor Stankevich, Sergei Uzhentsev, Igor Urazaev, Konstantin Timerman.
In 1997, in their honor and in honor of their predecessors - Heroes of the Soviet Union who graduated from the school, a memorial complex "Heroes of the Fatherland - graduates of the school" was created on the territory of the university.
The memory of descendants is not only a great gratitude to people who fulfilled their duty, but also a powerful call to action in modern conditions. It reveals a living connection between times and generations of defenders of the Motherland. Monuments to the great Russian commanders Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov and Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov were unveiled at the school.

School today

The year 2008 was in many ways a landmark year for the school. In accordance with the order of the Government of the Russian Federation, through reorganization, the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (military institute) became a branch of the Federal State Military Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces" Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
A feature of the Novosibirsk Higher Military School at present is that the school organizes the training of cadets in three different areas.
Profile of deputy commanders for educational work. Specialties: military - “moral and psychological support for troops”, civil - “pedagogy and psychology” with the qualification of “educator-psychologist”. Duration of training is 5 years.
Profile of military intelligence commanders. Specialties: military - “use of military reconnaissance units”, civil - “multi-purpose tracked and wheeled vehicles”, specialization “operation and repair of multi-purpose tracked and wheeled vehicles” with qualification “engineer” with a training period of 5 years.
Profile of special intelligence commanders. Specialties: military - “use of special intelligence units”, civilian - “translation and translation studies” with the qualification “translator” with a training period of 5 years.
Nowadays NVVKU is one of the leading military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

How to enter school

The school accepts male citizens who have not undergone military service, aged from 16 to 22 years at the time of admission, and those who have served or are undergoing military service by conscription or under contract, at the age of up to 24 years.
Candidates entering the specialty “use of special intelligence units” must, through the FSB, obtain access to information constituting a state secret by May 1.
Entrance exams are held from July 1 to July 30. In addition to exams in general education subjects, candidates undergo the following tests: interview and testing for professional aptitude, medical commission, physical fitness test (100-meter and 3-kilometer run, pull-ups).
The cadets are housed in comfortable barracks and are fully supported by the state throughout the entire training period.
The competition for admission to the Novosibirsk School has remained quite high in recent years and amounted to approximately 7-8 applications per place, thanks to those wishing to enter the special intelligence faculty. Of course, much fewer applicants were called to the school to take exams, about three to four people for two places.

Where they learn the science of winning

Enhanced military training takes place at the military training ground, shooting range and race track. Cadets trained as military and special intelligence officers perform parachute jumps, march for many kilometers, and take a survival course in extreme conditions. For quality training of cadets, the school has an educational material base, which includes many facilities. Among them is an educational and laboratory base, consisting of four educational buildings, computer classes for 255 classrooms, an Internet subscriber station for 10 workstations, eleven lecture halls and one hundred and four classrooms and laboratories.
To improve the field training of cadets, the school has created a field training material base. It includes a training complex for tactics and tactical-special training (TST), which includes a tactical training field. There is also a military topography town, an engineering training town and an RCBZ town. A reconnaissance training complex has been specially created for the training, which consists of a reconnaissance path, a reconnaissance field and an area for performing shooting exercises by special forces units.
To improve shooting skills from various types of weapons and equipment, the school has a fire training complex, which includes two fire camps with 10 vehicle spaces, a BMP-l directorate in three directions, two areas for performing small arms shooting exercises, an area for firing RPGs, a two-hundred-meter automatic shooting range, a pistol range, an area for throwing live grenades, two directions for performing shooting exercises as part of a special reconnaissance unit.
At the school, cadets learn to drive various types of automobiles and armored vehicles, for which a driving training complex has been built. There are also several training places that allow cadets to improve their skills in operating equipment. To practice driving exercises for wheeled vehicles, an autodrome was created, and to overcome water obstacles, the school was equipped with a special waterdrome. A platoon of cadets can train at each of the listed facilities at the same time.
In addition, performing parachute jumps, conducting field trips with special forces units, and diving training are practiced as part of a company on the territory of the Berd garrison.
The school also has its own training facility. It consists of a training complex for driving combat vehicles, an airborne complex, a class of training towers and four classes of electronic simulators. The available training facilities correspond to the types of weapons and military equipment used by the troops and adopted for service.
The school has two libraries - secret and general - with a reading room for 200 seats and a collection of basic literature of over 135 thousand copies.
However, in fairness, it is worth noting that the school now has a rather difficult situation with its educational material base. Although the existing equipment is maintained in working order, most of it has exceeded its specified service life.
Bringing the educational material base of the Novosibirsk School in accordance with the best world standards is a primary task.

Teachers

The basis of the school’s achievements is its command, teaching staff, battalions, departments and services. The training of cadets is carried out in 15 departments with highly qualified teachers, namely: tactics, reconnaissance, airborne training, command and control (units in peacetime), weapons and shooting, pedagogy, psychology, humanitarian and socio-economic disciplines, combat vehicles and automotive training, operation of armored weapons and equipment, natural sciences, general technical disciplines, foreign languages, physical training and sports, special intelligence.
The school has all the opportunities for the harmonious development of the personality of the future officer. Sports sections for hand-to-hand combat, boxing, weights, skiing, and athletics operate on an ongoing basis. Cadets participate in amateur art clubs, hold KVN competitions, and take an active part in subject Olympiads and scientific conferences.
However, there are a number of problems that have arisen as a result of the reform being carried out in the Armed Forces, which require their prompt resolution. Since July 2010, a new staff has been introduced into the school, which does not provide for the positions necessary for organizing the educational process. Thus, officer positions have been completely excluded from the Department of Foreign Languages, which makes it extremely difficult to conduct classes in the discipline “Practical course of translation (military translation)” in all five languages, since civilian teachers do not have the necessary knowledge in the field of military translation specifically. Problems also arose with training cadets in Chinese and Persian due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to select the necessary civilian specialists in these languages.

Similar problems arose due to the new staffing schedule in other departments and services. This is especially acutely felt in the airborne equipment service, at the department of special reconnaissance. Let’s say, due to the fact that there is no position of a special physiologist on the staff of the school, studying the discipline “Diving training” becomes almost impossible. It seems that the university management clearly understands these problems and will make the necessary efforts to correct the situation in order to maintain the quality of training for cadets.
NVVKU is the only military university where special forces officers are trained. But graduates of the special intelligence faculty are sent not only to the special forces of the Armed Forces, but also to the special forces center of the FSB of Russia, as well as to the special forces of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

What about tomorrow?

In connection with the reform being carried out in the Armed Forces - the so-called “transition to a new look” - the number of officer positions in special forces brigades was reduced, and their categories were also reduced. For example, at present, the position of commander of a special forces group corresponds to the category of “senior lieutenant”, and not “captain”, as was previously the case.
Due to the reduction of officer positions in the troops, the recruitment of cadets in 2010 at the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School was not carried out. Most likely they will not recruit cadets in 2011 either. In fact, the school will complete the education of those who entered it in previous years. The issue of training special forces sergeants is being considered. In principle, this is not a bad idea, which, if implemented, will undoubtedly raise the level of junior special forces commanders. However, no sergeants are able to replace officers as group commanders. Without discounting the courage and dedication of the Russian conscript soldier, let us say that the success of the actions of Soviet and Russian special forces in local conflicts of the last three decades is largely due to the high level of training of officers.
There is concern that the decision taken by the leadership of the Ministry of Defense to suspend the recruitment of cadets until 2012 will create a gap in the annual replenishment of special forces officers and may negatively affect the combat effectiveness of special forces.

NOVOSIBIRSK, November 5 – RIA Novosti, Grigory Kronich. On the eve of Military Intelligence Day, RIA Novosti correspondents visited the only military university in Russia where they teach this profession. Teachers and cadets explained who is taken into reconnaissance and why they are taught to conquer Elbrus, parachute underwater and eat snakes.

Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School was founded on June 1, 1967. Since October 2009, by order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the school has been renamed into the Federal State Treasury Military Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces" Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "(branch, Novosibirsk).

Running between buildings

On the spacious territory of the military university at 10.00 in the morning we were greeted by absolute silence; classes had been going on in the classrooms for a long time. The routine at the university is close to that of the army, explains Ivan Poshekhonov, a teacher at the military intelligence department. Wake up at 6.00, then exercise and breakfast. Classes start at 8.30 and last for six hours. At 15.00 - lunch, and then another three hours of classes. Lights out at 22.00.

The officer and I go to the building of the Faculty of Military Intelligence, and along the way we run ahead of a platoon of cadets.

“The break between classes is ten minutes, and the walk between some buildings is about 15 minutes, so you have to run,” explains the officer. “I myself once studied here, it was the same - a tradition. We even walked without overcoats in winter - so that time Don’t waste time on undressing. The first year is sometimes late - it’s hard for them to get used to it after civilian life.”

Where the cadets ran, a lost pen and eraser remained on the asphalt. That's right - the freshmen were running!

Who will go on reconnaissance

Military intelligence is one of the elite army professions; it is very popular, but the selection for this faculty is the strictest.

“We have someone to choose from, usually the competition is about ten people per place,” says Viktor Ozherelyev, professor of the intelligence department. “We are also given the right to recruit 10% more cadets, so that if necessary, we can weed out unsuitable people.”

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to develop a special reconnaissance vehicle for 112 million rublesAccording to the design documentation, the product is intended, in particular, to search and identify ground-based stationary and moving targets around the clock and in all weathers, solve navigation problems, transmit intelligence data to the control center, solve problems of hitting detected targets, ensuring mobility and protecting the crew.

Based on the results of consideration of the submitted documents, the number of applicants is reduced to three people per place. Unlike a regular university, there are higher requirements for the health and physical fitness of applicants. To get the highest score, you need to do 25 pull-ups, run the 100-meter dash in 12.1 seconds, and cover three kilometers in 11 minutes.

“Our cadets have the first health group, with this you can become a pilot, paratrooper - anyone. To make decisions in a military situation, a reconnaissance officer needs self-confidence, psychological stability, and, finally, he must be able to think quickly and well, so the third the component of a scout is intelligence,” says the professor.

“But the most important thing is the desire to become an intelligence officer, therefore, if a cadet gets here against his desire, nothing will come of him. Cadets do not leave the faculty on their own initiative; it happens that teachers do not want to teach a person further,” the interlocutor continues.

Every year, a different number of cadets are recruited to the Faculty of Military Intelligence, depending on the order of the Ministry of Defense. From the course they form a training company, which is divided into platoons. And the entire faculty is united into a training battalion.

Upon graduation, the cadet receives two specialties - “personnel management” and “military intelligence”. Graduates are not left without work - they are in demand not only in military intelligence units, but also in other branches of the military and special services.

Hazing

Until 1991, military intelligence officers were trained in Kyiv; after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, training was moved to Novosibirsk.

“Why?” Ozherelyev wonders. “Perhaps they were counting on the endurance and unpretentiousness of Siberians? It is known that about half of the students at the university usually come from the region where it is located.”

Now cadets from various regions study here, although there are many Siberians.

“It doesn’t matter how far from home you study,” says fourth-year cadet Mikhail Startsev, who came from the Volgograd region, “it’s important that it’s interesting to study, and here it’s very interesting.”

Mikhail joined the army behind his older brother, an officer. And I chose intelligence because it is an elite education, an elite service in the future.

“Recently, a lot of guys have been coming from the south of Russia,” says Poshekhonov. “They are distinguished by their particular meticulousness, I would say. If a local guy can miss something without understanding, then the southerners will ask until they understand everything. They are a pleasure to work with."

Four dark guys in civilian clothes suddenly come out to meet us. “I wish you good health!” they say in unison, Poshekhonov answers the greeting and, noticing a surprised look, explains: “We went to the mosque for Friday prayers. It’s a normal thing - these are Arabs, they study with us to become intelligence officers on exchange between countries.” .

Military intelligence officers do not engage in hazing, Poshekhonov notes.

“What kind of hazing can there be if you are going to intelligence with this person tomorrow?” he says. “We don’t have ‘soldiership’ at all; in this respect we are different. Officers usually address themselves by their first name and patronymic, and not by rank. I served in troops, but there was no case of calling a soldier some kind of “monkey.”

I will address the soldier, the cadet, by his first name and patronymic: “Ivan Ivanovich, come here, you scoundrel! I will punish him for his misconduct, but he will remember that he is not a “monkey,” but Ivan Ivanovich is a respected person.”

Commander's language

During their studies, cadets master skills in several areas. They even learn the basics of mountaineering. They are undergoing internship in Altai. Every year the university team participates in the Elbrusiad - a competition where you need to climb Elbrus in a certain time.

Reconnaissance and clearing of populated areas: special forces competitions in SiberiaReconnaissance and Siberian special forces platoons compete in the Novosibirsk region. Over the course of four days, fighters must demonstrate theoretical knowledge and skills in eight disciplines - from physical and fire training to the ability to provide medical assistance.

The cadets learn to handle special equipment, and also undergo airborne training - they make day and night parachute jumps, on water, long jumps, with cargo and special equipment in a wetsuit. During their studies, everyone must make at least 50 jumps. They have been jumping since the first year.

Freshman Semyon Groo has only been studying for a couple of months, but has already completed four jumps.

“I’m from the city of Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, I graduated from the cadet corps there, because I always dreamed of becoming an officer. We have already started classes in the management class, where we practice commander skills,” he says laconically in a military manner.

We went into the management class. Here, according to senior lecturer of the intelligence department Sergei Zhukov, cadets develop a command language.

The training areas are separated by partitions, the cadets in headsets, with a map and compass, outline the route, as if from a combat vehicle. In front of them is a model of a training ground, on which military units - their own and others' - are marked with lights. The cadets command their scouts and carry out a training mission.

Professional language should be concise and understandable to subordinates. “Brevity is the sister of talent, but here - taking into account military terms,” says Zhukov. “As the task is set, so it will be completed.”

A set of equipment created at the department helps future commanders develop their skills. It allows you to track and manage scouts operating at the training ground right from here. Video and photographic images are transmitted from the drones to two monitors, and the commander at the computer controls the situation “in the field.” This development is the department’s know-how.

“But the fact is that when the war starts, all these systems will turn off,” says Ozherelyev, “and then the intelligence officers will have to rely on themselves, a map, a compass and personal weapons.”

Weeks in the fields

Cadets are taught to survive in any conditions. They must be able not only to make fire without matches, but also to feed themselves, no matter where - in the taiga or desert. Therefore, scouts know, for example, how to handle snakes and how to eat them.

But scouts are strictly prohibited from using captured food and drink (as opposed to weapons) - they can be specially poisoned.

Second-year cadet Denis Grishaev admits that he has not tried snakes yet. “We are not taught to eat snakes (in practice), we are trained so that if the need arises, we can do it,” he says.

And to the question: “What else are they preparing for?”, he answers simply: “To defend the homeland.”

In the Grishaev family, three generations of men are military men, so the example was always before their eyes. He chose the Novosibirsk university because his uncle, a military intelligence officer, said that both in his service in Afghanistan and later in civilian life, he benefited from the knowledge and character that he developed at the military school.

Denis is already feeling this upbringing. “I like studying, you discover things about yourself that you would never have known about yourself. Combat training means constant field trips, night parachute jumps, day jumps, long jumps. When you live in the fields for a week, willpower is hardened here, the core characteristic of the military appears ".

NOVOSIBIRSK, November 5 – RIA Novosti, Grigory Kronich. On the eve of Military Intelligence Day, RIA Novosti correspondents visited the only military university in Russia where they teach this profession. Teachers and cadets explained who is taken into reconnaissance and why they are taught to conquer Elbrus, parachute underwater and eat snakes.

Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School was founded on June 1, 1967. Since October 2009, by order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the school has been renamed into the Federal State Treasury Military Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces" Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "(branch, Novosibirsk).

Running between buildings

On the spacious territory of the military university at 10.00 in the morning we were greeted by absolute silence; classes had been going on in the classrooms for a long time. The routine at the university is close to that of the army, explains Ivan Poshekhonov, a teacher at the military intelligence department. Wake up at 6.00, then exercise and breakfast. Classes start at 8.30 and last for six hours. At 15.00 - lunch, and then another three hours of classes. Lights out at 22.00.

The officer and I go to the building of the Faculty of Military Intelligence, and along the way we run ahead of a platoon of cadets.

“The break between classes is ten minutes, and the walk between some buildings is about 15 minutes, so you have to run,” explains the officer. “I myself once studied here, it was the same - a tradition. We even walked without overcoats in winter - so that time Don’t waste time on undressing. The first year is sometimes late - it’s hard for them to get used to it after civilian life.”

Where the cadets ran, a lost pen and eraser remained on the asphalt. That's right - the freshmen were running!

Who will go on reconnaissance

Military intelligence is one of the elite army professions; it is very popular, but the selection for this faculty is the strictest.

“We have someone to choose from, usually the competition is about ten people per place,” says Viktor Ozherelyev, professor of the intelligence department. “We are also given the right to recruit 10% more cadets, so that if necessary, we can weed out unsuitable people.”

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to develop a special reconnaissance vehicle for 112 million rublesAccording to the design documentation, the product is intended, in particular, to search and identify ground-based stationary and moving targets around the clock and in all weathers, solve navigation problems, transmit intelligence data to the control center, solve problems of hitting detected targets, ensuring mobility and protecting the crew.

Based on the results of consideration of the submitted documents, the number of applicants is reduced to three people per place. Unlike a regular university, there are higher requirements for the health and physical fitness of applicants. To get the highest score, you need to do 25 pull-ups, run the 100-meter dash in 12.1 seconds, and cover three kilometers in 11 minutes.

“Our cadets have the first health group, with this you can become a pilot, paratrooper - anyone. To make decisions in a military situation, a reconnaissance officer needs self-confidence, psychological stability, and, finally, he must be able to think quickly and well, so the third the component of a scout is intelligence,” says the professor.

“But the most important thing is the desire to become an intelligence officer, therefore, if a cadet gets here against his desire, nothing will come of him. Cadets do not leave the faculty on their own initiative; it happens that teachers do not want to teach a person further,” the interlocutor continues.

Every year, a different number of cadets are recruited to the Faculty of Military Intelligence, depending on the order of the Ministry of Defense. From the course they form a training company, which is divided into platoons. And the entire faculty is united into a training battalion.

Upon graduation, the cadet receives two specialties - “personnel management” and “military intelligence”. Graduates are not left without work - they are in demand not only in military intelligence units, but also in other branches of the military and special services.

Hazing

Until 1991, military intelligence officers were trained in Kyiv; after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, training was moved to Novosibirsk.

“Why?” Ozherelyev wonders. “Perhaps they were counting on the endurance and unpretentiousness of Siberians? It is known that about half of the students at the university usually come from the region where it is located.”

Now cadets from various regions study here, although there are many Siberians.

“It doesn’t matter how far from home you study,” says fourth-year cadet Mikhail Startsev, who came from the Volgograd region, “it’s important that it’s interesting to study, and here it’s very interesting.”

Mikhail joined the army behind his older brother, an officer. And I chose intelligence because it is an elite education, an elite service in the future.

“Recently, a lot of guys have been coming from the south of Russia,” says Poshekhonov. “They are distinguished by their particular meticulousness, I would say. If a local guy can miss something without understanding, then the southerners will ask until they understand everything. They are a pleasure to work with."

Four dark guys in civilian clothes suddenly come out to meet us. “I wish you good health!” they say in unison, Poshekhonov answers the greeting and, noticing a surprised look, explains: “We went to the mosque for Friday prayers. It’s a normal thing - these are Arabs, they study with us to become intelligence officers on exchange between countries.” .

Military intelligence officers do not engage in hazing, Poshekhonov notes.

“What kind of hazing can there be if you are going to intelligence with this person tomorrow?” he says. “We don’t have ‘soldiership’ at all; in this respect we are different. Officers usually address themselves by their first name and patronymic, and not by rank. I served in troops, but there was no case of calling a soldier some kind of “monkey.”

I will address the soldier, the cadet, by his first name and patronymic: “Ivan Ivanovich, come here, you scoundrel! I will punish him for his misconduct, but he will remember that he is not a “monkey,” but Ivan Ivanovich is a respected person.”

Commander's language

During their studies, cadets master skills in several areas. They even learn the basics of mountaineering. They are undergoing internship in Altai. Every year the university team participates in the Elbrusiad - a competition where you need to climb Elbrus in a certain time.

Reconnaissance and clearing of populated areas: special forces competitions in SiberiaReconnaissance and Siberian special forces platoons compete in the Novosibirsk region. Over the course of four days, fighters must demonstrate theoretical knowledge and skills in eight disciplines - from physical and fire training to the ability to provide medical assistance.

The cadets learn to handle special equipment, and also undergo airborne training - they make day and night parachute jumps, on water, long jumps, with cargo and special equipment in a wetsuit. During their studies, everyone must make at least 50 jumps. They have been jumping since the first year.

Freshman Semyon Groo has only been studying for a couple of months, but has already completed four jumps.

“I’m from the city of Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, I graduated from the cadet corps there, because I always dreamed of becoming an officer. We have already started classes in the management class, where we practice commander skills,” he says laconically in a military manner.

We went into the management class. Here, according to senior lecturer of the intelligence department Sergei Zhukov, cadets develop a command language.

The training areas are separated by partitions, the cadets in headsets, with a map and compass, outline the route, as if from a combat vehicle. In front of them is a model of a training ground, on which military units - their own and others' - are marked with lights. The cadets command their scouts and carry out a training mission.

Professional language should be concise and understandable to subordinates. “Brevity is the sister of talent, but here - taking into account military terms,” says Zhukov. “As the task is set, so it will be completed.”

A set of equipment created at the department helps future commanders develop their skills. It allows you to track and manage scouts operating at the training ground right from here. Video and photographic images are transmitted from the drones to two monitors, and the commander at the computer controls the situation “in the field.” This development is the department’s know-how.

“But the fact is that when the war starts, all these systems will turn off,” says Ozherelyev, “and then the intelligence officers will have to rely on themselves, a map, a compass and personal weapons.”

Weeks in the fields

Cadets are taught to survive in any conditions. They must be able not only to make fire without matches, but also to feed themselves, no matter where - in the taiga or desert. Therefore, scouts know, for example, how to handle snakes and how to eat them.

But scouts are strictly prohibited from using captured food and drink (as opposed to weapons) - they can be specially poisoned.

Second-year cadet Denis Grishaev admits that he has not tried snakes yet. “We are not taught to eat snakes (in practice), we are trained so that if the need arises, we can do it,” he says.

And to the question: “What else are they preparing for?”, he answers simply: “To defend the homeland.”

In the Grishaev family, three generations of men are military men, so the example was always before their eyes. He chose the Novosibirsk university because his uncle, a military intelligence officer, said that both in his service in Afghanistan and later in civilian life, he benefited from the knowledge and character that he developed at the military school.

Denis is already feeling this upbringing. “I like studying, you discover things about yourself that you would never have known about yourself. Combat training means constant field trips, night parachute jumps, day jumps, long jumps. When you live in the fields for a week, willpower is hardened here, the core characteristic of the military appears ".



Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School

Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (NVVKU)
Former names	Novosibirsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School named after the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution ( NVVPOU) Novosibirsk Higher Combined Arms Command School ( NWOKU) Novosibirsk Military Institute ( NVI)
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Novosibirsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School (NVVPOU)- one of the leading military universities in Russia and the former USSR. Founded June 1, 1967. Currently called the Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces “Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” (branch in Novosibirsk).

Located on the territory of Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk, at the address: Ivanova Street, building 49, postal code 630117.

History of the school

Checkpoint school

The school trained deputy company commanders for political affairs for units of the Ground Forces, Airborne Forces and the GRU General Staff. A large number of school graduates took part in hostilities (Afghanistan, Chechnya, South Ossetia, peacekeeping operations and others). Over 20 graduates of the school were awarded the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and. In terms of the number of Heroes of the Russian Federation among its graduates, the Novosibirsk Higher Airborne Command School is second only to the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School (RVVDKU).

August 18-25 - Novosibirsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School (NVVPOU) was formed. The first intake of cadets took place on the basis of the Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command Twice Red Banner School named after M. V. Frunze. The first release took place in 1971. Initially, the school had 11 departments; in 2009 there were 15.

In June - transformed into the Novosibirsk Higher Combined Arms Command School (NVOCU).

Refocused on training officers of motorized rifle troops and military intelligence. From RVVDKU The special reconnaissance battalion was transferred, and therefore three new departments were created at once.

November 1, 1998 - reorganized into the Novosibirsk Military Institute (NVI).

September 1, 2004 - transformed into the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (NVVKU).

The school (institute) trained officers in the following specialties:

1. Military-political combined arms (from airborne troops) - 11,424

2. Command tactical motorized rifle troops - 2,038

3. Use of military reconnaissance units - 1,271

4. Use of special reconnaissance units - 878

5. Military sociologists - 77

In February 2010, it was transformed into the Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces “Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” (Novosibirsk branch).

Specialties

List of specialties for which officers are trained at the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (Military Institute) of the Russian Defense Ministry

Note: * - profiling exams are highlighted

Heads of the school

Gg. Major General Zibarev Vasily Georgievich

Gg. Lieutenant General Volkov Boris Nikolaevich

Gg. Major General Zubkov Nikolai Fedorovich

Gg. Major General Shirinsky Yuri Arifovich

Gg. Major General Kazakov Valery Alexandrovich

Gg. Major General Egorkin Vladimir Petrovich

Gg. Major General Salmin Alexey Nikolaevich

Gg. Colonel Murog Igor Alexandrovich

Composition of the school

Departments

Department of Tactics.

Department of Intelligence (Special Reconnaissance and Airborne Training)

Department of Troop Control (Units in Peacetime) (UV(PMV)).

Department of Arms and Shooting.

Department of Pedagogy.

Department of Psychology.

Department of Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Disciplines.

Department of Combat Vehicles and Automotive Training (BMiAP).

Department of Operation of Armored Weapons and Equipment (ATV).

Department of Natural Sciences.

Department of General Technical Disciplines.

Department of Foreign Languages.

Department of Physical Training and Sports.

Management units

Legal service.

Airborne Equipment Service.

Human Resources Department.

Construction department.

Mobilization group.

Department of weapons and equipment.

Missile and artillery weapons service.

Clothing service.

Food service.

Home front service.

Financial department.

Medical service.

Fire Department.

Service for the Protection of State Secrets.

Battalions of cadets

First battalion (Deputy company commander for educational work) - the last graduation in the specialty in 2012 and transfer to the Military University (Moscow).

Second Battalion (Reconnaissance Platoon Leader).

Third Battalion (Commander of Special Intelligence Units).

Support units

Educational process support base (EPB).

Polygon.

Military band.

Trade union organization.

• Amosov, Sergei Anatolyevich - Soviet officer, Hero of Russia, lieutenant, died while performing international duty in Afghanistan.
• Vorozhanin, Oleg Viktorovich - Russian officer, Hero of Russia, senior lieutenant of the Airborne Forces, died on January 16, 1996 in Grozny. The monument to the Hero was erected on the memorial to Heroes-graduates of the school.
• Galkin, Alexey Viktorovich - major, graduate of 2006. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown during the performance of a special task.
• Grigorevsky, Mikhail Valerievich - lieutenant, graduate of 2007, died in battle in Ingushetia. The title of Hero was awarded posthumously.
• Demakov, Alexander Ivanovich - Hero of the Soviet Union, died while performing his international duty in Afghanistan
• Dergunov, Alexey Vasilyevich - For the courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty in the North Caucasus region, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 1, 2004, senior lieutenant Alexey Vasilyevich Dergunov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).
• Elistratov, Dmitry Viktorovich - senior lieutenant, commander of the Special Forces group, graduate of 1999. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.
• Erofeev, Dmitry Vladimirovich - lieutenant, commander of the Special Forces group, graduate of 1994. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty (1995, posthumously).
• Zakharov, Pyotr Valentinovich - senior lieutenant, graduate of 1999. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown during the liquidation of illegal armed groups in the North Caucasus region (2000, posthumously).
• Kalinin, Alexander Anatolyevich - captain, graduate of 1996. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty (2000, posthumously).
• Klimov, Yuri Semenovich - police lieutenant colonel, graduate of 1984. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown during the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus (2000, posthumously).
• Larin, Dmitry Vyacheslavovich - captain, graduate of 1990. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty.
• Lelyukh, Igor Viktorovich - captain, commander of the Special Forces group, graduated in 1989. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty (1995, posthumously).
• Omelkov, Viktor Emelyanovich - Russian officer, Hero of Russia, lieutenant colonel, died during the storming of Grozny (December 31, 1994) in the first Chechen company. The title was awarded for courage and heroism demonstrated during the performance of a special task (1995, posthumously).
• Potylitsyn, Vitaly Nikolaevich - senior lieutenant, graduate of 1994. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown during a special task (1997, posthumously).
• Sidorov, Roman Viktorovich - lieutenant, graduate of 1999. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus (1999, posthumously).
• Stankevich, Igor Valentinovich - guard lieutenant colonel, graduate of 1979. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty (1995).
• Taranets, Sergey Gennadievich - major, graduate of 1992. The title of Hero was awarded to courage and heroism demonstrated during the counter-terrorism operation in the North Caucasus (2000, posthumously).
• Timerman, Konstantin Anatolyevich - Russian officer, Hero of Russia, commander of a motorized rifle battalion of the 135th motorized rifle regiment of the 19th motorized rifle division, acting commander of a battalion of peacekeeping forces in South Ossetia (since May 25, 2008), lieutenant colonel.
• Tokarev, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich - lieutenant, commander of the air assault maneuver group, graduate of 1993. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty (1994, posthumously).
• Uzhtsev, Sergei Viktorovich - serviceman of special forces, major, participant in the second Chechen war, senior assistant to the head of the operational intelligence department of the special forces brigade of the GRU General Staff, (2000).
• Urazaev, Igor Kabirovich - Russian officer, Hero of Russia, participant in the Afghan and first Chechen wars, during the storming of Grozny he received a severe concussion but carried out the order, continues his military service in the Airborne Forces, colonel.
• Ukhvatov, Alexey Yuryevich - major, commander of the reconnaissance company of the 135th motorized rifle regiment, graduate of 2001. The title of Hero was awarded for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty in the North Caucasus region (South Ossetia).

TEAM SCHOOL

(MILITARY INSTITUTE)

ALLOWANCE

candidate entering

to the Novosibirsk Higher Military

command school

Ministry of Defense

Russian Federation

(specialty: “Application of units

military intelligence")

Novosibirsk – 2007

1. Introduction

This manual is intended for young people who decide to enter the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School of the Russian Defense Ministry with a specialty in “Use of Military Intelligence Units.”

2. Historical information about NVVKU

Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School was founded in 1967 as a higher military-political combined arms school (NVVPOU). The first intake of cadets was carried out at the training center of the Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command School in Omsk.

The only building that housed the entire school was the building of the physics and mathematics school (now educational building No. 1). Since July 1, 1992, NVVPOU has been repurposed as a higher combined arms command school (HVOKU). He was entrusted with the task of training platoon commanders of motorized rifle troops and military reconnaissance, and since 1994, with the transfer of a special reconnaissance battalion from the Ryazan VVDKU - officers for special reconnaissance units. In 1998, NVOKU was renamed the Novosibirsk Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in connection with the ongoing reform of military education in the Armed Forces. In 2004, the NVI of the RF Ministry of Defense was renamed the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School (military institute) of the RF Ministry of Defense.

The formation of military knowledge and practical skills among cadets begins from the first day of entering the institute, during field trips and classes. Firing with small arms and driving combat vehicles are carried out at the institute’s training center, firing with BMP weapons is carried out at a military training ground, and parachute jumping is carried out at the base of a special forces brigade.

A mandatory form of training is military internship, during which senior students test their knowledge and skills in practice.

Graduates of the institute can manage units in any type of combat, shoot all types of small arms, drive combat and transport vehicles, train and educate subordinates, and organize the daily activities of units.

The educational process requires maximum effort from cadets. According to the results of reviews of NVVKU graduates in recent years, more than half of them took or are taking part in hostilities in Chechnya, Tajikistan, as part of peacekeeping forces in Yugoslavia and in other hot spots, most of them were awarded orders and medals.

For more than 35 years, our university has been producing comprehensively developed, cultural, physically strong officers capable of performing any tasks both during military service and in civilian life. Over these years, 22 graduates of NVVKU were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia, every fourth graduate was awarded state awards.

To be a cadet today, and then an officer - a graduate of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School - is hard man's work and a great honor, which obliges a young man to a lot. Therefore, before entering a military school, think: will you be able to cope, will you be worthy of the high rank of a Russian officer.

3. Areas of training for NVVKU cadets

4. Admission conditions

Males are admitted to the institute :

- citizens who have not completed military service, aged 16 to 22 years at the time of admission;

- citizens who have served or are undergoing military service at the time of admission, including under a contract after the expiration of half the period specified in the first contract - under the age of 24 years.

	Submit a report on command until April 1st admissions (graduates of SVU and KK MO RF before May 15 of the year preceding the year of graduation)		Submit an application to the military registration and enlistment office of the district at the place of residence before April 20, and to the Faculty of Special Intelligence before April 1 of the year of admission
	Documents prepared by the candidate :
	- autobiography; - a copy of the document on secondary education; - copy of the passport; - characteristics; - service card; - card of professional psychological selection; - three photographs (without headdress, size 4.5x6); - medical examination card; - medical book; - for those serving under a contract - a personal matter;		- autobiography; - a copy of the birth certificate; - copy of the passport; - a copy of the document on secondary education (for students - a certificate of current academic performance indicating the foreign language being studied); - characteristics from the place of study (work); - three photographs (without headdress, size 4.5x6); - certificates from the district department of internal affairs; - card of professional psychological selection; - medical examination card and medical book.
		Term arrival		By July 1, and graduates of SVU and KK - by July 10

The selection committee makes a decision on admitting the candidate to professional selection, or refuses him with reason until June 20 of the year of admission. Upon arrival at the school, candidates present a passport, military ID or registration certificate, and the original document on education (academic certificate of those who have completed the 1st and subsequent courses of higher educational institutions with state accreditation).

Features of checking general education

candidate training

Written exams. All written work, both in finished and draft versions, is performed only on insert sheets. To write an essay, 4 astronomical hours are allotted from the moment you finish recording the names of all topics on the blackboard, without a break; for writing a dictation - 1 astronomical hour. When writing a dictation, the examiner reads the entire text aloud, then dictates it sentence by sentence and reads the entire text again to check what the candidates themselves have written. Candidates are not given additional time to independently check the dictation.

Interview is carried out with persons who have graduated with medals (gold or silver) from state accredited educational institutions of secondary (full) general or primary vocational education, as well as those who have graduated with honors from educational institutions of secondary vocational education. Candidates are interviewed in areas corresponding to the subjects included in the entrance exams. Applicants are not given time to prepare for the interview. The interview is conducted in the form of an oral survey. When conducting it, the survey in each area lasts, as a rule, 20 minutes, including the time for preparing answers to the examiners’ questions. A candidate is considered to have passed the interview if he has generally given clear, confident and correct answers in all areas.

5.Typical entrance exam options

to Novosibirsk VVKU

Specializing in “Use of Military Intelligence Units.”

Features of passing exams

in general education training.

Those entering the specialty training for commanders of military reconnaissance units take exams in mathematics - in writing, Russian - in writing (in the form of a dictation), physics - in writing. The materials below can be used to prepare for the exams on your own.