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Marshal Aleksander Vasilevsky Military Academy of the Armed Forces Air Defense
Established: 1970 SmolenskThe Vasilevsky Military Academy of the Army Air Defense Corps was created in 1977 in Kiev as a spin-off of the Kalinin Artillery Military Academy.[9] It was named after Aleksandr Vasilevsky. After the collapse of ...
Branch: Air Defense Forces
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