A.F. Mozhaysky's Military-Space Academy
A.F. Mozhaysky's Military-Space Academy (Russian: Федеральное государственное казённое военное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Военно-космическая академия имени А. Ф. Можайского») is Military Academy in Saint Petersburg.[1]
History
The Academy was established on 16 January 1712 in Moscow as Military engineering school. Durning the first years the facilities In the Academy were in bad position. During the reign of Catherine the Great the school were renamed to Artillery and Engineering Gentry Corps. In 1773, it acquired its own printing house. Two years later were esdtablished Museum of History of housing, Library for Foreign Literature. In 1880, the school get the name Second Cadet Corps. Since 1955 the academy were named to the famous Russian engineer and mechanic Alexander Mozhaysky.
Sport
- Hockey team [2]
Structure
- Faculty of design of aircraft
- Faculty of rocket and space systems management
- Department of radio-electronic systems of space systems
- Faculty of space infrastructure
- Faculty of collecting and processing information.
- Faculty of information security and computer technology
- Faculty survey support and cartography
- Faculty funds missile and space defense
- Department of automated command and control systems
Leadership
- Major General Prof.Maxim Mikhailovich Penykov
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Coordinates: 59°57′23″N 30°17′01″E / 59.9564°N 30.2836°E