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Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy
Established: 1956 TverThe Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy is a Russian military academy located on the banks of the Volga River in Kalinin (now Tver). The academy, formed in 1956, is named afterSoviet Marshall G.K. Zhukov. ...
Branch: Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
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