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Combined Arms Military Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation-Military Engineering Forces Institute
Established: 1932 MoscowCombined Arms Military Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation-Military Engineering Forces Institute is the mainmethodological training centre military engineering in Russian Federation.
Branch: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
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