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Marshal Semyon Budyonny Military Signals and Communications Corps Academy
Established: 1932 St. PetersburgBudyonny Military Academy of Communicationswas created in 1932 in Leningrad. It is named after Semyon Budyonny. It trains the Russian military's future signals and communications experts.
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