Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School
(Military Institute) named after Marshal of Engineering Troops
A.I. Proshlyakova
Conditions for admission to the Tyumen Higher
military engineering command school
in 2015
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The Tyumen Military Engineering School was founded in 1957 on the basis of the Tyumen (Tallinn) Military Infantry School.

September 1, 2007
Tyumen Higher Military Engineering
the command school was awarded a pennant
Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
"For courage, military prowess and high
combat skills."
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Training specialties:

190110 - "Special Purpose Vehicles",



Military specialization: The use of engineering units of the Airborne Forces and

Military specialization: The use of engineering units of the Strategic Missile Forces and
operation of engineering equipment
Military specialization: The use of pontoon-bridge, ferry landing units and the operation of engineering equipment
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Training specialties:
under the programs of higher professional education
140107 - "Heat and electricity supply
special technical systems and objects”,

Military specialty: The use of units and the operation of engineering
electrical equipment
210602 - "Special radio engineering systems",
qualification - specialist; study period 5 years
Military specialty: The use of controlled mining units
and operation of radio-electronic means of engineering weapons
271101 - "Construction of unique buildings and structures",
qualification - specialist; study period 5.5 years
Military specialty: The use of engineering positional units,
construction and operation of fortifications and camouflage
under the programs of secondary vocational education
151030 - "Special machines and devices",
qualification - technician; term of study - 2 years 10 months.
Military specialty: Application of engineering units and operation
engineering equipment
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Requirements for applicants for admission to the school
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Citizens are considered as candidates for enrollment in the school
Russian Federation, having a state document on average
(complete) general, secondary vocational education or a diploma of
primary vocational education, if it has a record of receiving
a citizen of secondary (complete) general education from among:
- citizens who have not completed military service - aged 16 to 22 years (age
determined as of August 1 of the year of admission);
- citizens who have completed military service, military personnel undergoing military
conscription service - until they reach the age of 24 years;
- servicemen undergoing military service under a contract (except officers), until they reach the age of 25 years.

Sample application letter for college admission
Military Commissar Leninsky
JSC Tyumen S. Karpov
from
Sidorova
Michael
Illarionovich, born on 16
November 1996,
living
on
address:
Tyumen, passage 9 May, 6, apt. 95
Statement.
I ask you to consider my candidacy for admission to
Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School
specialty: "Application of engineering units and
operation of engineering equipment”.
Foreign language studied: English.
Attached to the application:
1. Autobiography.
2. Characteristic.
3. Certificate of current progress.
4. Copy of birth certificate.
5. Copy of passport.
6. Medical card.
7. Three photographs 4.5x6 cm.
March 15, 2015
Signature
M.Sidorov
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School entrance examinations:
(professional selection is held from 1 to 25 July)
Assessment of the level of general education according to
USE results in three subjects:
Maths
Physics
Russian language
minimum score threshold
Assessment of the level of physical fitness
Pull-ups on the bar
100 meters run
3 km run
Professional psychological selection
I category
II category
III category
Medical examination
IV category

Name of the exercise
Pull up on
crossbar
100m run
3 km run.
MAX threshold - number of times,
s., min., (100 points)
30 times
12.3 s
10.30 min
Points
26
1p=4b
4
0.1 s = 1 to 3 b
15,4
3s=1b
14,50
Sum of points for completing exercises
physical training
Transfer of points scored to 100 points
scale
88
In three exercises
120-149
150-169
170 and over
25-54
55-74
75-100
Assessment of physical fitness for three exercises
"Excellent" - 170 points;
"Good" - 150 points;
"Satisfactory" - 120 points.
2.4 Then the points obtained must be converted into a 100-point scale (USE).
Translation of points into a 100 point scale (USE)
2.5 An example of setting the final assessment of the candidate's physical fitness:
The candidate pulled himself up 9 times - 46 points, ran 100 meters in 14.4 seconds - 40 points and
ran 3000 meters in 11.30 minutes - 66 points. The total points scored
candidate 150 - "good" rating. Further, the points for performing the exercises are translated into 100
point scale (USE) - 57 points. The result is entered in the competitive list - 57 points.

Accepted out of competition, subject to successful
passing entrance examinations:
- orphans and children left without parental care, as well as persons under the age of
23 years from among orphans and children left without parental care;
- citizens under the age of 20 who have only one parent - a disabled person
Group I, if the average per capita income of the family is below the subsistence level,
established in the relevant subject of the Russian Federation;
- citizens who are discharged from military service and enter educational
institutions on the basis of the recommendations of the commanders of military units, as well as participants
military operations.
The priority right for admission is enjoyed by:
- citizens discharged from military service;
- children of military personnel who died in the performance of their duties of military service
or died as a result of military injury or disease;
- children of persons who died or died as a result of military injury or disease,
received by them while participating in counter-terrorism operations and (or) other
measures to combat terrorism. The procedure for determining the persons who took part in
conducting counter-terrorism operations and (or) other measures to combat
terrorism, is established in accordance with federal laws;
- citizens who have been assigned a sports category in accordance with the established procedure
a candidate for master of sports, the first sports category or sports title in a military applied sport, as well as citizens who have been trained in military patriotic youth and children's associations.

Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal A.I. Proshlyakova

Based on the directive of the GK SV No. OSH / 5 / 244406 of June 22, 1957 and the directive of the commander of the Siberian Military District No. OMU / 1 / 0713 of August 5, 1957, the Tyumen Military Engineering School was formed on the basis of the Tyumen Infantry School.

On January 31, 1968, the Tyumen Military Engineering School was transformed into the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School.

The Council of Ministers of the USSR, by Decree of April 16, 1974 No. 269 (announced by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 107 of April 30, 1974), named after Marshal of the Engineering Troops A.I. Proshlyakov Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School - “Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of Engineering Troops A.I. Proshlyakov.

On September 16, 1998, the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School was reorganized by joining the Military Engineering University as a branch (order of the NIV MO RF No. 292 of September 25, 1998). The Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of Engineering Troops A.I.

In accordance with the order of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 09, 2004 No. 937-r and the order of the Minister of Defense of August 09, 2004 No. 235, on the basis of the branch of the Military Engineering University (Tyumen), the State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Tyumen Higher Military -Engineering Command School (Military Institute) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

On November 11, 2009, the state educational institution of higher professional education "Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School (Military Institute) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation" No. 1695-r was reorganized into the Tyumen Military Institute of Engineering Troops (branch) of the Federal State Military Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education " Military Academy of the Troops of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection and Engineering Troops named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K. Timoshenko" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In accordance with the order of the Minister of Defense dated March 23, 2012 No. 610, the university was reorganized into the Federal State 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 "(branch, Tyumen) while maintaining its main objectives of activity and maximum staffing.

In 2013, the "Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Ground Forces" Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "was reorganized in the form of separation from it of the federal state state military educational institution of higher professional education" Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School (Military Institute) named after Marshal of Engineering Troops A.I. Proshlyakov of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with subordination to his chief of engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

March 25, 1959 is a solemn day in the history of the school. On this day, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the school was awarded the Red Banner with the inscription "Tyumen Military Engineering School".

In accordance with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 18, 2006 No. 1422 “On the Combat Banner of a Military Unit”, on June 22, 2007, the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School (Military Institute) was awarded the Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation, and the Combat Banner of the military unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

By order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of June 21, 2007 No. 225, the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School (Military Institute) was awarded the Pennant of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation for courage, military prowess and high combat skills shown in the performance of tasks of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in training highly qualified personnel for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and in connection with the 50th anniversary of its formation.

The school carries out activities on the following educational programs:

Higher professional education:

Training of specialists with full military special training is carried out in the following specialties:
140107 - "Heat and electricity supply of special technical systems and objects", higher professional education, qualification - specialist; standard term of study is 5 years.
190110 - "Vehicles for special purposes", higher professional education, qualification - specialist; standard term of study is 5.5 years.
210602 - "Special radio engineering systems", higher professional education, qualification - specialist; standard term of study is 5 years.
271101 - "Construction of unique buildings and structures", higher professional education, qualification - specialist; standard term of study is 5.5 years.

Secondary vocational education:

151030 - "Special machines and devices", qualification - technician; standard term of study is 2 years 10 months.

Additional professional education:

Advanced training in training programs for officers of the engineering troops.

Professional retraining:
- handling, construction, road machinery and equipment, training period - 4 months;
- machinery and equipment for environmental management and environmental protection, training period - 4 months.

Educational professional training programs:

11442 - car driver;
18466 - mechanical assembly fitter.

Citizens of the Russian Federation who have a state document on secondary (complete) general, secondary vocational education or a diploma of primary vocational education are considered as candidates for admission to the school, if it contains a record of the citizen receiving secondary (complete) general education from among:

Citizens who have not completed military service - aged 16 to 22 years (age is determined as of August 1 of the year of admission);
- citizens who have completed military service, military personnel undergoing military service on conscription - until they reach the age of 24 years;
- servicemen undergoing military service under a contract (except officers) - until they reach the age of 25 years.

Persons from among citizens who have completed and have not completed military service submit an application to the department of the military commissariat at the place of residence before April 20, military personnel submit a report on command until April 1. Citizens wishing to enter the school submit an application (report) in the prescribed form:

The application (report) shall indicate: surname, name, patronymic, date of birth, education, address of the place of residence (military rank, position), name of the military educational institution, specialty in which he wishes to study;
- the application (report) is accompanied by: photocopies of the birth certificate and a document proving identity and citizenship, autobiography, reference from the place of work, study or service (military personnel provide a copy of the service card), a medical examination card, a card of professional psychological selection, a photocopy of a document of the state a sample of the appropriate level of education (students provide a certificate of current academic performance), three certified photographs of 4.5 x 6 cm.

A passport, a military ID or a certificate of a citizen subject to conscription for military service, an original state document on the appropriate level of education, information about the results of the Unified State Examination, as well as original documents giving the right to enter universities on preferential grounds established by law, are submitted by a candidate in the admission committee of the school upon arrival.

Sending candidates to pass the entrance exams is carried out by the commanders of military units (departments of military commissariats) at the call of the head of the school.

Professional selection of candidates for admission to study is carried out at the school from July 1 to July 30.

The assessment of the level of general educational readiness of candidates is carried out according to the results of the unified state exam (USE).

All candidates are evaluated on physical fitness (pull-ups on the bar, 100-meter run, 3-kilometer run), the results are evaluated on a 100-point scale.

Candidates undergo a professional psychological selection to assess the category of professional suitability.

All candidates undergo a medical examination of their health status.

Out of competition, subject to successful completion of entrance examinations at the school, the following are accepted:

Orphans and children left without parental care, as well as persons under the age of 23 from among orphans and children left without parental care;
- citizens under the age of 20 who have only one parent - a disabled person of group I, if the average per capita income of the family is below the subsistence level established in the corresponding subject of the Russian Federation;
- citizens who are dismissed from military service and enter educational institutions on the basis of the recommendations of the commanders of military units, as well as participants in hostilities;
- citizens who have served for at least three years under a contract in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies in military positions to be replaced by soldiers, sailors, sergeants, foremen, and dismissed from military service on the grounds provided for subparagraph "b" of paragraph 1, subparagraph "a" of paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 of Article 51 of the Federal Law of March 28, 1998 N 53-F3 "On military duty and military service";
- other citizens who, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, have been granted the right to non-competitive admission to institutions of higher professional education.

The priority right to enter the school is enjoyed by:

Citizens discharged from military service;
- children of military personnel who died in the performance of their duties of military service or died as a result of military injuries or diseases;
- children of persons who were killed or died as a result of military injuries or diseases they received while participating in counter-terrorism operations and (or) other measures to combat terrorism. The procedure for determining the persons who took part in the conduct of counter-terrorism operations and (or) other measures to combat terrorism is established in accordance with federal laws;
- citizens who, in accordance with the established procedure, have been assigned the sports category of a candidate for master of sports, the first sports category or sports title in a military applied sport, as well as citizens who have been trained in military-patriotic youth and children's associations;
- other citizens who, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, have been granted a pre-emptive right when entering universities.

The cadets are fully supported by the state, they are paid a monetary allowance, taking into account the length of service, the quality of study, (monthly).

In addition, cadets are paid a monthly bonus for conscientious and efficient performance of official duties: those with only excellent grades - 25% of the salary per month, those with only good and excellent grades - 15%, those with satisfactory grades - 5%.

The monetary allowance of cadets of the 1st course is 1200 rubles. After the conclusion of the contract, taking into account the bonus, cadets receive - from 14,000 rubles. up to 21000 rub.

About the university

The Tyumen Military Engineering School was formed on the basis of the Tyumen Infantry School.

Reorganization, renaming, relocation of the university:

Based on the order of the USSR Ministry of Defense dated January 31, 1968, the Tyumen Military Engineering School was transformed into the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School.

The Council of Ministers of the USSR, by Decree No. 269 of April 16, 1974 (announced by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense of April 30, 1974), named after Marshal of the Engineering Troops A.I. Proshlyakov Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School and henceforth it is called “Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of Engineering Troops A.I. Proshlyakov.

In accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 29, 1998 No. 1009 and the order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of September 16, 1998. The Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School was reorganized by joining the Military Engineering University as a branch (order of the NIV MO RF dated September 25, 1998). Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of Engineering Troops A.I. Proshlyakov in pursuance of the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of September 26. 1998 renamed into the Branch of the Military Engineering University (Tyumen).

On July 9, 2004, the Government of the Russian Federation decided to establish the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School (Military Institute) on the basis of the Tyumen branch of the Military Engineering University (Order of the RF Ministry of Defense dated August 9, 2004).

Over the years of the existence of the school, its location - the city of Tyumen, the 10th military camp - has not changed.

From September 21, 1957 to August 1, 1992, the school was part of the troops of the Siberian Military District. From September 1, 1992 to September 1, 2001, it was part of the Ural Military District. Since September 1, 2001 - part of the Volga-Urals Military District.

The annual holiday of the university was set on June 22, the day of signing the directive of the GKSV on June 22, 1957 on the formation of the Tyumen Military Engineering School.

Brief information about the traditions of high school.

The solemn events held at the school dedicated to: the graduation of young officers, the adoption of the military oath by freshmen, the celebration of the Day of the Engineer Troops, the Day of the School's formation, the Day of Defenders of the Fatherland, etc., have become traditional;

According to the tradition established over the years, the staff of the school takes part in all the ceremonial events of the city and regional scale held in the city of Tyumen;

Meetings of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, veterans of the Armed Forces, veterans of the school with the personnel of the school are traditional. Honoring veterans of the school with anniversaries.

An important event and a solemn day in the history of the school was March 25, 1959. On this day, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the school was awarded the Red Banner with the inscription "Tyumen Military Engineering School".

II. Personnel awards

Heroes of the Russian Federation.

Four graduates of the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School were awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation:

Hero of the Russian Federation, Major General Krasnikov Alexander Alekseevich.

Born in 1950 in St. Yegorlyk, Rostov region. In 1972 he graduated from the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School. He studied at the school in the 1st battalion, 1st company of cadets (battalion commander, now retired colonel Nikolaenko L.D.), company commander, now retired colonel Koval I.A.)

He served in various positions from the commander of an engineering platoon to the head of the engineering troops of the North Caucasian Military District. Participant of hostilities in Afghanistan and hostilities to disarm illegal armed groups on the territory of the Chechen Republic. Has state awards.

For courage and heroism shown in emergency circumstances, for courageous and resolute actions involving a risk to life, for the skillful leadership of the district engineering troops during the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus, Major General Alexander Alekseevich Krasnikov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Russian Federation by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation. Federation.

Hero of the Russian Federation Lieutenant Colonel Zhuykov Sergey Vasilyevich.

Born on January 26, 1954 in the village of Bulanash, Sverdlovsk Region. In 1975 he graduated from the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School. He served in the following positions: commander of a platoon, company, head of the storage department of the engineering ammunition depot, head of the engineering service of the SME, head of the district depot of engineering ammunition.

On June 17, 1998, at the UrVO engineering ammunition depot in the village of Losinoy, Sverdlovsk Region, as a result of an electric discharge of ball lightning, a fire broke out simultaneously in several places in the technical territory of the warehouse, as a result of which stacks of engineering ammunition stored in an open area caught fire. There was a threat of an explosion.

Having received information from the sentry about the signs of a fire in the technical area, the commander of the unit, Lieutenant Colonel Zhuikov S.V. called an emergency fire brigade to the place of ignition, and he himself, with a group of soldiers with fire extinguishing equipment, departed to the place of fire. By the time they arrived, the ammunition stack at the site was on fire and the threat of an explosion was real. Lieutenant Colonel Zhuikov S.V. forbade the soldiers to approach the ammunition stack, dispersed them around the enclosure with fire extinguishing equipment in order to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring sites, and he himself rushed to the stack, risking his life to try to put out the flames. At this time, an explosion was heard, as a result of which Lieutenant Colonel Zhuikov S.V. died.

For the courage and heroism shown, Lieutenant Colonel Zhuikov S.V. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was awarded the title of Hero of Russia (posthumously).

Hero of the Russian Federation, Militia Major Vasyanin Mikhail Ivanovich.

Vasyanin Mikhail Ivanovich was born on November 12, 1952 in the city of Kustanai, Kazakh SSR. In 1974 he graduated from the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of Engineering Troops A.I. Proshlyakov. He went through all the stages of military prowess: he served conscientiously from lieutenant - platoon commander, to major - head of the engineering service.

In 1975-1976. participated in the demining of explosive objects in the Kursk and Oryol regions, which remained after the Great Patriotic War. He performed special tasks, twice went to the territory of Afghanistan. In October 1991, he finished his military career in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Far East Military District.

Since April 1995, Vasyanin M.I. - senior engineer-sapper of the special police detachment at the Internal Affairs Directorate of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

From September 22 to December 28, 1995, as part of the OMON, he went on a business trip to the territory of the Chechen Republic to carry out tasks to restore law and order in this republic. Police Major Vasyanin M.I. 261 units of explosive devices were personally discovered and neutralized. For conscientious performance of duty, he was repeatedly encouraged by the command of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Chechen Republic, was awarded the medal "For Courage".

Since June 26, 1996 Vasyanin M.I. again departed on a business trip to the territory of the Chechen Republic.

On July 9, 1996, a special police detachment under the Internal Affairs Directorate of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, together with other units, by order of the commander of the TG-1 SKO VV of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, took part in a special operation to check the passport regime in the village of Gekhi, Urus-Martan district of the Chechen Republic. Police Major Vasyanin M.I. led a group of OMON fighters of 10 people. When approaching one of the houses of the village, the group was suddenly attacked by a large bandit formation, which has a clear advantage in armament and numbers, and was fired from automatic weapons and grenade launchers. An unequal battle ensued. Militia major Vasyanin M.I., having correctly oriented himself in the current situation, skillfully organized the occupation of positions by the fighters to repel the attack. A grenade launcher, a sniper and two submachine gunners from the gangs of the formation were destroyed. He personally destroyed the enemy's machine-gun crew. Leading the battle for about 3 hours, he acted boldly and decisively, showing courage, selflessness and heroism. Destroying the enemy with fire, acting professionally and competently, he managed to organize a breakthrough and brought the fighters entrusted to him to a safe line, thereby saving their lives. At the same time, he was seriously wounded in the chest, but continued to lead the battle until the last moment. Having taken the fighters out of the encirclement, he died from his wound.

For the impeccable performance of his official duty to ensure the security and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation, the courage, dedication and high professional skills shown at the same time, Militia Major Vasyanin Mikhail Ivanovich was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 18, 1996.

Hero of the Russian Federation, Colonel Rostovshchikov Valery Alexandrovich (now a reserve colonel).

Born on December 1, 1956 in the Yarkovsky district of the Tyumen region. After graduating from the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School in 1979, he served in the GSVG and the North Caucasian Military District in positions from platoon commander to commander of a separate engineering and sapper unit. In 1995 he graduated from the Military Engineering Academy.

On October 8, 1999, the engineering and sapper unit was tasked with ensuring the advancement and crossing of units of the Federal forces through the water barrier. The engineering and reconnaissance group, headed by Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Rostovshchikov, having gone to the bridge, discovered that the militants, having left guards near the bridge, were engaged in fortification equipment of the area. Covertly approaching the bridge, the group destroyed the outposts. Lieutenant Colonel Rostovshchikov personally began checking the bridge for the presence of explosive objects. Under enemy fire, at the risk of being blown up at any moment, he neutralized a land mine, the control of which was in the hands of the militants. He was the first to cross to the opposite bank, where, having taken up defense, he was cut off from his unit. For 2 hours he held the captured position, fighting with superior enemy forces, preventing him from destroying the bridge and thereby disrupting the offensive of our troops.

For courage and heroism shown in emergency circumstances, for courageous and decisive actions in conditions involving a risk to life, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 30, 1999, Lieutenant Colonel Valery Aleksandrovich Rostovshchikov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

On March 24, 1975, the Kamenetz-Podolsky Higher Military Engineering Command School was named after Marshal of Engineering Troops Kharchenko Viktor Kondratievich, who was at the origins of the formation of one of the best military schools of the former USSR.

Unfortunately, two years ago (September 1, 2012) this illustrious educational institution was disbanded, and its unique material and educational base was simply destroyed. Something, of course, remained and continues to serve for the training of reserve officers. At the very spirit of a military engineer, scientific and technological development have gone into oblivion.

The school is worthy of a separate book. In the article I will cover it briefly.

After the Second World War, the development of the engineering troops demanded that the branches of the armed forces have engineering formations that can perform the most important and most complex tasks of engineering support for combat and operations, taking into account the growing technical equipment, troop mobility, and the possible use of mass destruction. In turn, the technical re-equipment of the engineering troops required a large number of qualified personnel, whose training took place in a number of specialized military educational institutions (VNZ). These VNZs included: Leningrad Military Engineering School (1937-1960), Moscow Military Engineering School (1937-1960), Chernigov Military Engineering School (1940-1943), Borisov Military Engineering School ( 1940-1943), Zlatoust military engineering school (1941-1942), Michurinsk military engineering school (1941-1942), Tyumen military engineering school (1956-1968), Kaliningrad military engineering school (1960-1973), Kamenetz-Podolsk military engineering school (1967-1969). The largest number of trained officers of the engineering troops falls on the period of 40-70 of the XX century. After the reform, which was associated with the absence of the need to train a large number of military engineering personnel, the number of educational institutions of this training profile significantly decreased at the end of the 1960s. There were three military engineering schools left, which were later transformed into higher military educational institutions: Kaliningrad, Tyumen and Kamenetz-Podolsk.

The Kaliningrad Military Engineering School was established in 1960 as a military engineering school on the basis of the Leningrad and Moscow Military Engineering Schools. In 1965, it acquired the status of a higher military engineering school; in 1973, the training period was set at five years. This military educational institution trained only engineering specialists. This direction of training was due to the need for narrow-profile specialists for engineering troops for the high-quality use and maintenance of new models of engineering weapons and equipment. In 1990, five specialties were taught at the Kaliningrad Military Engineering School: engineering weapons with the qualification of a mechanical engineer; engineering electrical equipment with the qualification of an electrical engineer; operation of nuclear munitions of the engineering troops with the qualification of a radio engineer; fortifications with the qualification of civil engineer; operation and repair of engineering systems of radio telemechanics with the qualification of a radio engineer. After the collapse of the USSR, this university remained a part of Russia and was relocated to Nizhny Novgorod and received the name "Nizhny Novgorod Higher Military Engineering School". Since 1998, the university has become a branch of the Military Engineering University in Moscow.

The Tyumen military engineering university was founded in 1956, and in 1968 it was transformed into a higher command military engineering school. In this institution, engineering specialists of the command profile of training, commanders of engineering units in four specialties were trained with the qualification of an engineer for the operation of engineering weapons vehicles. The list of specialties included the following professions: command-tactical engineer-sapper specializing in controlled mining; command-tactical engineering and technical; command tactical amphibious assault; command-tactical pontoon-bridge. With the collapse of the USSR, the school remained part of Russia and was in 1998 transformed into a branch of the Moscow Military Engineering University.

Military in Kamenetz-Podolsk

In 1967, the training of officers for the engineering troops began in Ukraine in the city of Kamenets-Podolsky. This began with the order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR No. 011 (January 1967) on the formation of a military engineering school with staff No. 17/711. On February 20, 1967, Colonel Vasily Ermakov was appointed head of the school. In the summer, officers began to arrive - the deputy head of the school for the technical part of the p / p-k Nikolai Klimenko, deputy. for the educational part, colonel Yakov Kriksunov, deputy. on the rear, p / p-k Ivan Shcherbina, chief financial officer Vasily Slobodyanyuk and others. A total of 15 people.

The management of the school took over the property and affairs from the head of the artillery division, which was located here earlier. As Pavel Makarsky (the first commander of the cadet company) recalls, even before the arrival of the cadets, the formation of a battalion to ensure the educational process from 25 recruits from Kamenets and the region began. At that time, there were only two pre-war barracks on the territory, a small dining room and a medical unit, on the site of today's parade ground there was grass and goats grazed. Gradually, they began to settle down, the construction of educational buildings, cafes, equipment for a training ground, and a parade ground began.

On October 2, 1967, on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, a member of the military council - early. Colonel-General Maltsev of the Political Directorate of the PrikVO presented a combat flag to the Kamenetz-Podolsky Military Engineering School. Back in the spring of 1967, Andrei Ishchenko, deputy head of the political department of the school, brought the banner to the school under guard from Lvov. After the last graduation of the school cadets (June 16, 1995), the banner was transferred to the archive. It was replaced with a Ukrainian-style banner.

The training ground for practical training was equipped on the site of the population's vegetable gardens and the former tank and artillery shooting range. Artificial reservoirs were also built at the site.

The car park was also built on a swampy area, where the bugs grew above the head. At first, the former stables were assigned to the cadets for classes (later medical warehouses were equipped there). The stables were blocked off with plywood walls. Something like classes came out.

In emergency mode, the construction of boxes for equipment began, as well. in winter, for practical exercises, it had to be beaten off the frozen ground with crowbars. It should be said that the training ground, like all other objects, was built by the cadets themselves, in between classes. And tests were sometimes taken just in the open.

As of September 1967, two engineer-sapper and one road cadet battalions were created in the structure of the school. At the same time, nine cycles (departments) were formed, in particular: socio-economic disciplines, engineering and tactical training, combined arms disciplines, engineering weapons vehicles, engineering barriers and demolition, crossings and bridges, fortification and camouflage, road, general education disciplines , as well as a battalion for the provision of the educational process. During this period, two courses were recruited: the first course was recruited at the established military educational institution, and the second course from among the three companies that arrived from the Tyumen military engineering school. In January 1968, by order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR No. 019 and the directive of the General Staff No. ORG 6 / 86628 of 14.01.1969, the school was renamed the Higher Military Engineering Command School with a four-year training period. In the same year, the first issue of officers was made. Following the new staff No. 17/908, approved by the Chief of the General Staff on 04/30/1969, the number of cadet battalions was increased to four, and each battalion was supplemented with road specialty companies. The retraining of reserve officers began, for which purpose retraining courses were created accordingly. In 1975, by the directive of the General Staff No. 314/10/0914 of 17.07.1975, the Main Headquarters of the Ground Forces No. 453/1/0881 of 8.8.1975, the directive of the headquarters of the Carpathian Military District No. 15/1/01415 of 19.8 .1975 the Department of Physical Training and Sports was established.

The high marks regarding the educational process that the school received for a long time made it possible to give it the name of Marshal of the Engineering Troops Kharchenko V.K. (Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 184 of March 7, 1975 and Order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR No. 75 of March 24, 1975).

The training of officer personnel was carried out according to the command profile and the following specialties: command tactical engineer-sapper, command tactical engineer-technical and engineer-sapper specialization of the airborne troops (each company had one airborne platoon).

In the fire of war

With the outbreak of the Afghan war (1979-1989), one of the most difficult tasks fell to the engineer troops: ensuring the wiring of columns, protecting strongholds, providing units with water, and most importantly, combating mine danger. Many graduates of the school went through the crucible of this war, and 37 of them died. Their names are immortalized on the memorial complex on the territory of the school. One of the officers was seriously wounded, and two - concussion. Fortunately, colonels Sergey Zubarevsky, Vladimir Perizhnyak, Mikhail Neroba, Oleksiy and Sergey Tverdokhleby (the latter works as an educator at the Kamenetz-Podolsk military lyceum), colonels Yuriy Galyan, Vyacheslav Zhurba (serves at the Center demining), Alexey Osadchiy, Major Gennady Stavniychuk, Art. Ensign Galina Petlevanaia (employee of the medical unit).

During the years of independence

After the collapse of the USSR, the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine became the starting document for the creation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including engineering troops. On August 31, 1993, the Military Engineering Faculty (VIF) was formed at the Kamenetz-Podolsk Agricultural Institute. The involvement of the scientific and pedagogical staff of a civilian university gave, of course, the opportunity to be accredited and carry out training at a higher quality civilian educational level, namely: bachelor, specialist, military tactical and operational-tactical educational levels, which was not in the former higher military command school. But, in essence, it was precisely from this that the gradual process of the collapse of a powerful military educational institution began, which ended in December 2012. In 1996, the training of officers at the Kamenetz-Podolsk Higher Military Command School was completed in connection with its liquidation.

On the basis of the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 64 of January 21, 1998 “On the reorganization of the military training department of the Kyiv National University. Taras Shevchenko and VIF at the Podolsk State Agrarian and Technical Academy (as the former agricultural institute began to be called), the order of the Minister of Ukraine for Emergency Situations and for the Protection of the Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster dated May 12, 1998 No. 197/139 from August 1, the faculty was reorganized to the military engineering institute at the Podolsk State Agrarian and Technical Academy.

The Military Engineering Institute of the Podolsk State Agrarian and Technical Academy was intended to provide training, education and professional training for officers of the operational-tactical direction of training in the specialty “Organization of combat and operational support of troops (forces)” - for the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine; officers of the tactical direction of training in the specialties “Armament and equipment of engineering troops” and “Combat use and control of the actions of units (units, formations) of the Ground Forces” - for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the Committee for the Protection of the State Border of Ukraine and other power structures of the state; adjunct officers in the specialties: “Military art”, “Engineering equipment of theaters of military operations”, “Armament and military equipment”; reserve officers - specialists of the engineering troops from among the students of the Podolsk State Agrotechnical Academy, Podolsk State Pedagogical University in ten specialties; ensigns - specialists of engineering troops; qualified soldiers in twenty-four working specialties for the engineering troops; foreign military personnel of all categories, in the specialties of officers of a tactical level of training; level 1 and 2 demining specialists; sappers and reconnaissance sappers of peacekeeping units; fortification specialists; cynological crews of mine-searching dogs; training and retraining of military specialists of the Ministry of Defense and other law enforcement agencies in the specialty “Combat use and control of the actions of units (units, formations) of the Ground Forces”. The institute provided training for demining specialists for the peacekeeping contingent of the United Nations missions in Lebanon.

A number of new structures were created at the institute, namely: the Demining Center, in which demining specialists were trained and retrained, training of reserve officers is carried out at the training courses for reserve officers.

The logistical support of the educational process became weaker every year, while in the former K-PVVIKU the opposite situation was observed due to better funding. There was also a noticeable difference in the qualitative composition of the scientific and pedagogical staff. So, in 1989, there were 26 candidates of sciences in K-PVVIKU, 16 of them were officers, and in 2000 there were only 4 people in the institute. In order to increase the number of highly qualified scientific and pedagogical personnel, an adjuncture was created at the institute in 1999. Since 2010, the Institute has been turned into a military faculty at the National University. Ivan Ogienko. At the same time, new problems arose in the educational process. Thus, there were no specialists in mathematics at the university (everyone was fired at the school) for a technical university: the university is a liberal arts university, and cadets receive a technical education. University teachers began to introduce their own assessment rules, they did not understand the specifics of the military (outfits, field trips, night classes).
Two years later, on September 1, 2012, the military faculty ceased to exist. The cadets were transferred to Lviv to the Academy of the Ground Forces of Ukraine. Most of the teachers were retired, although they could still work productively for a long time. The sergeant training college and training for soldiers were moved to other places. They also wanted to transfer the Demining Center, together with the dog handlers, to Lviv, but they left it in place.

For more than 40 years of history, the school has trained about 16 thousand officers, 160 people received gold medals, hundreds of foreign specialists from Ethiopia, France, China, Moldova, and Turkmenistan were trained.

The Kamyanets-Podilskyi School was the basic training center for preparing for peacekeeping missions. Its specialists have performed assignments in Angola, Lebanon, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Yugoslavia. On the basis of the school, under the command of Colonel Anatoly Okipnyak, a unified system for training divers of all levels was developed in Ukraine to perform robots on various types of reservoirs ...

On the territory of the school today there is a department for training reserve officers, a demining center, a military lyceum and the 11th crossing and bridge battalion formed on September 1, 2012.

Instead of a conclusion

The transfer of cadets to Lviv causes negative feelings. Prior to this decision, military officers and reserve officers were trained on the basis of the school, a college for sergeants of engineering troops was opened, and training was in effect. In addition, there is a military lyceum on the territory. It would seem that a harmonious system of training specialists of the engineering troops (from a soldier to an adjunct) has developed, there is an excellent material and technical base, which surprised all foreign guests (despite the fact that it was half (!!!) of what it was under the Union) . Learn and serve. No, it was necessary to ruin everything, pull it apart, and send the specialists to retire. Supporters of the closure of the school speak of the need to unite military universities, that for such a number of cadets (about 100 people) to maintain such a territory, such personnel is too wasteful. But the point, as it seems, is not about the cadets, but about the redistribution of finances. I would like to say with bitterness that in Lviv there is no normal material base and a training ground for the training of officers of the engineering troops, the lack of teaching aids. The engineering camp at the training ground is good for motorized riflemen, tankers, artillerymen, but it is problematic to train highly qualified officers of the engineering troops on it! It takes almost an hour for cadets to get to the training ground to the training points. In Kamenets, it took no more than 10-15 minutes. It should also be added here that the engineering technique, which the cadets must study, is located 40 km from Lviv. And the future professionals themselves are studying it from posters. The only track-layer BAT-2, which was at the Academy of the Ground Forces, was wound up all night! .. So what kind of specialists will we train? Why did it all fall apart? Why not leave everything in place, and create a Center for Engineering Troops on the basis of the school? And to train specialists of all levels, to develop and test new engineering equipment, including mine-clearing robots (for this there were departments of “Operation and repair of engineering weapons machines” and “Engineering machines”).

It seems that the army was deliberately destroyed. And they didn’t think about the fact that our engineering troops could cease to exist, capable of qualitatively solving the entire range of tasks of engineering support for combat (with the latest events in the Crimea, equipment for crossings, in particular PMP parks, were pulled from all over the country). Then, perhaps, we will realize it, we will begin to revive the engineering troops, but there will be no more specialists. This is at best. And in the worst case, as always, we will adopt foreign, NATO experience and say: oh, how smart they are! But, honestly, let's say that we have more experience in training engineering troops specialists, in carrying out engineering measures than NATO troops. While even more…

P.S. Our military school is the only one of the military universities of the former USSR that Voice of America spoke about. Somewhere in the early 1980s. years between cadets and civilians there was a fight. Everything was banal, as always. Either they didn’t share the girl at the dance, or someone said something wrong. In general, two cadets were beaten. They returned to the barracks, the whole company got up and "self-propelled" moved to the dance floor. In the hands of belts ... and away we go. The next day, the Voice of America announced to the whole world that "General Yermakov's thugs brutally beat civilians." Although there was a fight, which then was enough everywhere.

Maybe not everything was told as I wanted, but I think that I managed to convey the understanding of which university was destroyed. The school museum is now closed. Therefore, I will be grateful to all those who were related to the Kamenetz-Podolsk military engineering command school for additional information (memoirs, photos).