Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School
The General V.F. Margelov Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Command School (RGVVDKU) is a military educational institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense, situated in Ryazan, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) southeast of Moscow. It was first formed as the Ryazan Infantry Courses on 13 November 1918 – thus it is one of the oldest active military academies in modern day Russia.
Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School
Cadets parading on Red Square, 9 May 2016.
RVVDKU cadets before a parachute jump, 2008.
General Vasiliy Filippovich Margelov, Hero of the Soviet Union and father of the Soviet Airborne Forces.
Ryazan is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, 196 km (122 mi) southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Ryazan had a population of 524,927, making it the 33rd most populated city in Russia, and the fourth most populated in Central Russia after Moscow, Voronezh, and Yaroslavl.
Aerial view of the Kremlin
Old Ryazan remnants: Cathedral of St. Boris and Gleb.
Ryazan Kremlin
Pochtovaya street. The street is located next to Lenin's square.