Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School
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The General V.F. Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Command School (RGVVDKU) (́ ́ ́-́ ́ ́ ́ ́ ́ ́ ́ ́.. ́) is a military educational institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense, situated in Ryazan, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) southeast of Moscow. It was first formed as the Ryazan Infantry Courses on 13 November 1918 – thus it is one of the oldest active military academies in modern day Russia. It is the main officer commissioning school of the Russian Airborne Forces. The other institution that provides officers for the Airborne Forces is the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School.
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