The Military Logistics Academy, officially known as the Military Academy of Logistical Support "General of the Army A. V. Khrulyov" (Russian: Военная академия материально-технического обеспечения имени А. В. Хрулёва) a subordinate school of the Russian Ground Forces, is located in the northern city Saint Petersburg. It was created in 1918. It trains officers and NCO's for the rear services and the Transportation Forces. It is currently led by Lieutenant General Andrey Toporov.
History
It traces its history from the Quartermaster Course of the Imperial Russian Army, formed on 31 March 1900, when Emperor Nicholas II approved the "Regulations on the Quartermaster Course" in Petrograd. In 1918, it was reorganized into the Military Administrative Academy of the Red Army. Over 1,000 students of the academy took part in the Russian Civil War, with many serving in positions in the Eastern, Turkestan and other fronts. By the time the Great Patriotic War began, more than 13,000 qualified logistic specialists were by the academy. In early 1938, the academy was relocated to Leningrad.[1] In 1956, it was merged with the Military Academy of Logistics and Supply into the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport. In 1998, the academy on the rights of its branches includes the Volsk Higher School of Logistics and the Ulyanovsk Higher Military Technical School. In 2008, the Volga Higher Military School of Logistics, the Ulyanovsk Higher Military Technical School of Logistics (Military Institute), and the Military Transport University of Railway Troops and Military Communications were attached to the academy as a branch.[2]
Structure
The academy has the following organization:[3]
Military Institute (Railway troops and military communications) of the Military Academy of Logistics
Military Engineering University
Volsk Branch
Omsk Branch
Penza Branch
The academy sports the following departments:
Department of Logistical Organization
Department of Command and Control
Department of Logistics
Department of the Material and Technical Organization of the Navy
Department of Military Communications
Department of Tactics and Operations
Department of Railway Troops
Department of the Construction of Military Bridges and Tunnels
Department of Road Service
Department of Humanitarian and Socio-economic Disciplines
Department of General Scientific and Technical Disciplines
The school is named after Army GeneralAndrey Khrulyov, who is known well for developing the Red Army logistic system. He is also one of the few men with his rank to be buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. The decision to give the honorific to the academy was made in 2003. By resolution of academy commandant, the year 2017 was declared as the year of "the great intendant General of the Army Andrey Vasilyevich Khrulyov". This was done In connection with the 125th birthday of Khrulyov. That year, a number of commemorative events were organized at the academy.[10]
Cadet band
The military band of the academy was founded in 1943 of the Higher Officers' Artillery and Technical School in Tula. It is an integral part of the academy's Penza branch, with the military band being attached to it. It provides support to events in the Penza Oblast. The band has often been awarded for its performances and everyday service.[11]
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