Ulyanovsk Tank School. History

THE TRUTH YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT

If for one part of the Ulyanovsk citizens the UAZ car is the symbol of the city, then the representatives of the second part, consisting of graduates of the Ulyanovsk Tank School, their relatives and friends, will undoubtedly call a tank such a symbol. It was this machine that determined the fate of those who in different years graduated from the oldest in the country Ulyanovsk Guards twice Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star Higher Command Tank School. IN AND. Lenin. Recently, graduates of the school of different years published another - already the fourth - book about their native school.
Its presentation, like the first three, took place in the I.A. Goncharov Central City Library.
Those who glorified the school, the city, and the country looked into the hall from the big screen. Among the graduates of the school are one hundred and two Heroes of the Soviet Union, a marshal, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, and many generals. You can read about many of them in the book "Ulyanovsk Tankmen on the Defense of the Fatherland". There are pages about Dmitry Nikolaevich Golosov, who distinguished himself in the battles for the Dnieper, Hero of the Soviet Union. The collection includes the richest material about the hero of the Soviet Union Fomichev. In the last volume, the fate of the graduates of two tank schools operating during the war - Ulyanovsk and Oryol - converged.
It makes sense to remind the story. The oldest in the country Ulyanovsk Guards twice Red Banner, Order of the Red Star Higher Command Tank School named after IN AND. Lenin's origins date back to the school of platoon instructors of the Red Army formed in May 1918. It changed its name several times: from January 1924 - the Ulyanovsk Red Banner School of Commanders named after V.I. V.I. Lenin. In 1932. reorganized into the Ulyanovsk Red Banner Armored School named after IN AND. Lenin. In April 1936, the school was transformed into the Ulyanovsk Red Banner Tank School named after V.I. Lenin. During the war years, the school became known as the 1st Ulyanovsk Armored School. It has become a real "forge" of the officer cadres of the tank forces. Hundreds of tank commanders emerged from the walls of the 1st Guards Tank and 2nd Tank School of the Command Forces, who showed miracles of heroism and courage on the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War. From June 22 to January 1, 1942 767 people graduated from it. In July 1943, the school was awarded the rank of a guard and it was awarded the Order of the Red Star. Since October 1966 it is called the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command School named after I. Lenin. Disbanded in 1991. At present, the traditions of the former tank school are continued by the Suvorov School. During the war years, several more schools were evacuated to Ulyanovsk. Two schools - the V.I. Lenin and the Kalinin School - trained future tankers.
This oldest military school was lucky: in almost every graduation there were people in whom, despite the years, the memory of their own school does not subside. For example, 20 years ago, a book about the school was initiated by its graduate V.L. Tabakin, supported by V.N. Sverkalov. A.A. Andronov, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the school, did a great job of collecting material for the first three books. Work on the fourth volume also proceeded under his leadership. After the publication of each volume, the editorial board received memoirs of former graduates of the school and their relatives. Much information was gleaned from the newspapers of the war years, from letters from the front preserved in the families of graduates of the school. The compilers did everything to ensure that the new book fully reflected the contribution of the Ulyanovsk tankers to the Great Patriotic War.
The first chapter of the collection is devoted to the graduates of the school who received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in the battles in Spain, Khalkhin Gol and in the Soviet-Finnish war. One of the sections of the book tells about the graduates of the school who took part in the fulfillment of state tasks in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Chechnya and other countries. The sixth chapter of the book "Patriotism - the basis of national security" contains information about the work of a group of school graduates involved in the military-patriotic education of young people in the Ulyanovsk region.
This group of officers was created on the initiative of General V.L. Tabakin. Twice a month officers A.A. Andronov, N.V. Sergeev, M.T. Chuguryaev, A.V. Yudin, A.L. Serzhantov, V.M. Ryabovolov and others perform at institutes, colleges, schools and even in kindergartens. Often after such meetings, members of the information group brought children's stories about the war, the best of which were included in the book.
Graduates of different years took part in the presentation of the book - V.P. Makolov, E.G. Fomin, A.M. Novoseltsev, brothers V.M. and A.M. Ryabovolovs, T. I. Gaeva, M. T. Chuguryaev, A.V. Yudin, Ya.M. Mukhamedov and others. They all contributed to the book. Another participant of the meeting in the library S. Tagashov expressed regret that, dreaming of being a tanker, he did not become one. Having got acquainted with the book, Sergei Borisovich noted the special gift of the authors of the book "to convey to young people a piece of truth, without which it is impossible to live."
The hosts of the meeting A.A. Andronov and N.V. Sergeev retold the content of the book. M.T. Chuguryaev, E.G. Fomin and others spoke about their participation in the collection of material. A 1950 school graduate, retired captain V.P. Ushenin, read a poem dedicated to the school by another graduate V.P. Emelin. N.V. Sergeev reminded the audience of one more poem. The real hymn to the tank was written by the poet Konstantin Simonov, who managed to humanize the car, which became the fate of many graduates. One of the chapters of the book is devoted to the tank and its designers. The labor of those who worked in the rear was invested in the construction of each tank. An interesting fact is that the tank contains the entire periodic table. In Ulyanovsk, A.A. Andronov said, there are two monuments to the tank. One is at Victory Park. The second is on the territory of the current Suvorov military school. Another monument to the tank was a new, 4th book by the graduates of the famous Ulyanovsk Tank School.
NVSergeev called the 4th book about the tank school "fully popular", since it was published with public money. A pleasant end to the holiday was the presentation of a book to the participants of the meeting and librarians, as well as an awarding ceremony. Regional Governor V.A. Muratov presented V. Ryabovolov with a diploma of the regional governor and an honorary badge "For patriotic education." It should be added that at different times the work of all members of the group of propagandists of military-patriotic education was noted: almost all of them were awarded letters of thanks from the Legislative Assembly of the Ulyanovsk region. Most of the group's activists were awarded commemorative signs and diplomas of the Russian State Military Historical and Cultural Center under the Government of the Russian Federation. Three of the most active propagandists VV Plekhov, MH Gabitov and AA Andronov were awarded the Patriot of Russia medal.

Ulyanovsk Tank School- a military educational institution of the USSR, which trained commanders of tank forces in 1932-1991. It was located in the city of Ulyanovsk.

Full name: Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command, twice Red Banner, Order of the Red Star School named after V. I. Lenin

Background

In accordance with the order of the People's Commissariat for Military Affairs No. 130 in Moscow, Petrograd, Tver, Kazan and other cities of the USSR, thirteen accelerated courses were opened to train commanders for the infantry, cavalry and artillery units of the Red Army. Such a course was opened, including in the city of Simbirsk. On November 1, 1918, the first graduation of the red commanders took place, who had undergone combat training in battles with White Czechs and White Guards during the defense and capture of Simbirsk.

In June 1943, the school celebrated its 25th anniversary. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the school, for outstanding successes in training command personnel for tank forces and military services to the Motherland, on June 28, 1943, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. July 1943, awarded the Order of the Red Star. According to the results of combat and political training, the school finished 1943 among the best military schools of the Armed Forces, and among tank schools, as in the previous year, took first place.

At the final stage of the war, the 1st Ulyanovsk Red Banner Tank School, as one of the best, was entrusted with training the commanders of the IS-2 heavy tanks to staff the guards tank units.

During the Great Patriotic War, the school made 45 graduations, preparing 8924 tank officers for the front.

Post-war years

In the post-war years, 22 graduates were produced in the profile of a secondary school (graduates of 1945-1969) and 4,300 tank officers were trained. In 1966, in connection with the increased requirements for the training of officers, the Ulyanovsk tank was transformed into the Ulyanovsk guards higher tank command twice Red Banner of the Order of the Red Star School named after I. V.I. Lenin. The course of study was increased from 3 years to 4 years. In 1970, the first graduation of officers with a higher military special education was made.

In total, over the years of the existence of the Ulyanovsk school from 1919 to 1991, more than 25 thousand people completed the main course of study, including 6 thousand people in the higher profile. 93 Heroes of the Soviet Union, two Heroes of Socialist Labor and 6 Heroes of the Russian Federation studied here. More than 160 future marshals and generals received military knowledge at this school.

In June 1991, the last, 141st, graduation of officers was made.

By a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of July 11, 1991, the school was reorganized into the Ulyanovsk Suvorov military school, which inherited the awards and the guards name of the Ulyanovsk tank school.

Heads of the school

• 1930-1934 - Zhabin, Nikolay Ivanovich, brigade commander
• 1934-1936 - Dukhanov, Mikhail Pavlovich, brigade commander
• 1936-1940 - Shurov, Pyotr Evdokimovich, brigade commander
• 1940-1941 - Shabalin, Rodion Nikanorovich, colonel
• 1941-1946 - Kashuba, Vladimir Nestorovich, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General of Tank Forces,
• 1946-1948 - Sinenko, Maxim Denisovich, lieutenant general of tank forces
• 1948-1950 - Demchuk, Ivan Nesterovich, Major General of Tank Forces
• 1950-1959 - Pushkarev, Sergei Filippovich, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General of Tank Forces
• 1959-1966 - Melnikov, Pyotr Andreevich,

Oksana Moiseeva
"There is no such thing as a former tanker!" - can be heard at almost every September meeting dedicated to the Day of the Tanker. Sometimes this is followed, as an answer to the password, by the phrase: "Guktyan - all the more!"
"Crusts" of the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command of the twice Red Banner Order of the Red Star of the Lenin School were quoted in countless military garrisons in the once immense expanses of the Soviet Union unusually high. Graduates of the school, or, as they still call themselves, the Guktyans, were very often appointed to very important positions, as they say, “from the wheels,” not having time to come to their first post after college, the diploma of the Ulyanovsk tank tank replaced all the recommendations for them.
Over the years of its existence, more than twenty-five thousand people graduated from the tank school. Ninety-three Heroes of the Soviet Union, two Heroes of Socialist Labor and six Heroes of the Russian Federation studied here. More than one hundred and sixty future marshals and generals received military knowledge right here. Figures, statistics, which will be published more than once or twice on the anniversary days in different newspapers and will sound from TV screens. But behind each of them is the fate of an officer. Distant garrisons, endless exercises and gunfire, tanks on unmown fields, fuel oil that has eaten into the hands tightly, separation from family - for different periods, as you are lucky.
War - as you know, a lot of them have died down in ninety-five years. Feats - like destinies, are different ...
Alexander Kosmodemyansky. Brother of the famous Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. A graduate of the school in 1943. He died just before the end of the war, in April 1945, during the battles near Konigsberg. The hero of the USSR.
Dmitry Lavrinenko. The pride of the school, an unsurpassed tank ace. 1941 graduate. The best tank sniper who destroyed fifty-two enemy tanks in five months of battles near Moscow. By the way, the history of recognition of Lavrinenko's feat is complex, like the whole history of our country. He was introduced to the rank of Hero when he had forty-seven destroyed tanks on his account. But then it was decided to award Lavrinenko only the Order of Lenin. The decree on awarding was signed on December 22, when the tanker had already died. And then for many years there was a debate about whether Dmitry's military achievements were real. It was said that the number of tanks destroyed by him was allegedly greatly exaggerated by Stalin's propaganda, and Soviet tankers did not know how to fight so effectively at the beginning of the war. The dispute was settled in 1990 by Mikhail Gorbachev, who adopted a decree on the posthumous awarding of Dmitry Lavrinenko with the second Order of Lenin and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Talks about the reality of Lavrinenko's exploits are still ongoing. But while they argue in the hero's homeland, in the distant Cote D'Ivoire, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Second World War, they released philatelic products with the names and portraits of Soviet tankmen. Among them is a postal block dedicated to Dmitry Lavrinenko. On the Ivory Coast, his feat was recognized without reservations.
... And among these destinies there is one like Sergei Shchelochkov. Graduate of 1986. Seryoga Shchelochkov, classmates called him Somoza for some reason. Soon after graduating from college he ended up in Afghanistan, where he found the end of this "undeclared war." He was in one of the last military units that were being withdrawn from Afgan. Somewhere he was hooked by a film crew of one of the news programs, he gave them a short interview in which he mentioned that the local population, it seems, was not too happy about the departure of the "Shuravi". And in the summer of 1989, who remembers, a railway accident occurred near Ufa - the worst in the history of the USSR and Russia. At the moment of the oncoming passage of two passenger trains "Novosibirsk - Adler" and "Adler - Novosibirsk", an accident occurred on a nearby pipeline and a powerful explosion occurred. People burned alive - the death toll then exceeded half a thousand. Almost all children were traveling in several carriages - they were heading to summer camps at sea. Sergey Shchelochkov also went there.
... No one counted how many children he pulled out of the burning carriage. It was just that one of the flights to hell of blazing fire was the last one for him. Not the last, as the paratroopers say, but the last. This feat, unlike the first two, is known to a few. But does this stop him from being a heroic deed?
In 1991, the famous school was disbanded. Why, why is still not clear. The remaining cadets were sent to complete their studies at various schools in the country. Leaving Ulyanovsk, many guys were openly crying. Their "fathers-commanders" could not hold back their tears either. Only thanks to the enormous efforts of a group of high-ranking graduates of the UGVTKU, the school was not closed at all, but reorganized into a Suvorov one, while leaving the new educational institution "inherited" the battle banner, all the regalia and the rank of the guard. By the way, our IED is the only one in the country that has this title. We can say that to some extent, historical justice prevailed - the tank school occupied a building built before the revolution for the Simbirsk cadet corps.
Now, as you know, the historical territory is empty. Since the fall of 2011, the Suvorovites have been temporarily housed in the location of the former technical school. How temporary? The points of view are very different. The leadership of the UGSVU in their comments is laconic: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the guys will return to their "historical homeland" on September 1, 2014, which means they will return. On the eve of the anniversary, you can read statements on the forums that since the school is closed, the museum has been taken out and the banner has been "evacuated", then there is no point in going to Ulyanovsk to celebrate. Well, everyone decides for himself. But the famous Ulyanovsk tank is still not a museum or a banner, but first of all, probably, people. Who will remain Guktyans for the rest of their lives.

VERBATIM
Vladimir Tabakin, head of the UGVTKU from 1966 to 1977:
“It was a school with the greatest traditions. The first tanker - Hero of the Soviet Union Osadchiy was also brought up with us. The line of heroic behavior of the pupils was continuous and testified that the school was preparing worthy cadres. "

Alexander Filippov, graduate of 1953:
“In June 1973, I was offered to go as a specialist to Algeria to create the Algerian Combined Arms Academy. The Arabs admitted me alone to the training department of the infantry school, on the basis of which an academy was created with a three-year training period. I wrote instructions for organizing and maintaining the educational process, compiled a training program for all subjects and a schedule of classes in Russian, French and Arabic. ... In two years, five educational buildings, five residential buildings for officers - teachers and civilians of the Algerian People's Army were built. At the entrance to the building of the educational department, according to my project, a sculpture was erected: a warrior with a machine gun, a worker, a peasant and an intellectual with a book. Four streams of water merge into one common stream and water a huge field of red roses ... ".

Anvar Khasanov, an instructor for driving cars and armored personnel carriers at the UGVTKU:
“In June 1986, I began serving in Afghanistan in the 180th motorized rifle regiment. The regiment was located next to Amin's palace in Kabul. The chief of staff of the regiment was Major Ruslan Aushev, Hero of the Soviet Union. After a while I was sent to Hairaton to receive new equipment. We drove up to the tunnel of the Hindu Kush mountain with a length of more than three kilometers. The day before, I first heard about the field commander of the Mujahideen, Ahmad Shah Masud, who was stationed in the Pandshera gorge, where there are many diamonds and precious stones. For all nine years he haunted our troops, and this time he attacked the post, tried to seize and destroy the tunnel. Ours fought back, but we had to wait. We were moving along a narrow, winding road - the favorite places of Ahmad Shah's militants. Having received a rebuff while trying to seize the tunnel, they hoped to crush our column here. They missed the front armored vehicles and from grenade launchers and machine guns hit the middle of the column. Immediately the BMP, where I was, was hit and stood across the narrow road. The column stopped. The spooks opened heavy fire. The blast wave threw me high above the BMP, and I flew into the abyss. I fell into the river flowing at the bottom of the gorge, the fast current carried me away and finally washed ashore. This was my baptism of fire. "

Alexey Ryabovolov, 1950 graduate:
“In 1976 I was sent to the People's Republic of Angola as an advisor to the head of the training department of a military school. On the plane of the Minister of Defense, we flew around all the major cities of Angola, and my choice fell on the city of Huambo, since there was a military town of the former Portuguese artillery regiment with suitable buildings for barracks, classrooms, and a utility block. The situation in the city was difficult. The central district with the city of Huambo was controlled by the reactionary nationalist movement UNITA. The local authorities did not act, marauders rampaged, from six o'clock in the evening indiscriminate shooting began in the city, explosions were heard. Nobody guarded us. I ordered all my military specialists to be handed submachine guns, ammunition, pistols, grenades, and established officers on duty. We literally slept with a pistol under our pillows and grenades at the ready next to the bed. Soviet and Cuban specialists quickly repaired premises for barracks for 1200 people, 44 classrooms were equipped in all subjects of study, regulatory documents were developed, the school was staffed with weapons, military equipment, uniforms, and three meals a day were organized. Classes with cadets began in mid-June. The educational process was going well. And I often had to be not only a military specialist, but also a diplomat, a representative of the USSR - and we were the first Soviet representatives in the city. Portuguese propaganda described us as cannibals from Siberia, with a tail and wool. Seeing quite normal, benevolent people to them, the inhabitants of the city were often amazed. On November 7, we staged a military parade on the city square with the passage of the cadets of the school and all types of military equipment. The city's crime has decreased. The school was a great success. Only the President of the country visited him four times in my memory. In January 1977, the first graduation of military specialists under the accelerated program was made. All graduates took an oath of loyalty to serve the people and their armed forces, said goodbye to the banner and marched along the parade ground. This ritual was proposed and carried out by me based on the experience of graduating from the Ulyanovsk Guards Tank School. "

(UGVTKU)

Full name: Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command, twice Red Banner, Order of the Red Star School named after V.I. Lenin

History

Prehistory - Imperial Russia

Since May 1878, the former inspector of the Nizhny Novgorod military gymnasium, Colonel (then Major General) N.A.

On July 22, 1882, the Simbirsk Cadet Corps was created on the basis of the gymnasium.

In November 1885, 10 acres of land was allocated from the treasury near the village of Polivno for a summer camp.

On August 3, 1886, a new Regulation on cadet corps was approved - they began to accept children of persons who had served in officer ranks for at least 10 years or had benefits (killed in battles, orphans), the rest paid 250 rubles a year for the maintenance.

On November 12, 1903, by the Imperial order of the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, the corps was awarded the Banner, which was kept at the altar in the corps church of Nicholas the Wonderworker.

On August 31, 1917, the cadet corps were again renamed to military gymnasium.

At the beginning of 1918, the gymnasium was closed.

In March 1918, the Banner was stolen by former legs, and then taken to Europe, and from there in 1955 it was transported to San Francisco.

Gymnasium / building directors:

• Colonel Albedil Fyodor Konstantinovich (08/08/1873 - 05/15/1878)
• Colonel (then Major General) Yakubovich Nikolai Andreevich (1878 - 1903)
• Major General Semashkevich Evgeniy Efstafievich (6.12.1903 - 24.01.1907)
• Major General Spiegel Karl Williams (1907 - 1912)
• Major General Merro Mikhail Ivanovich (08/23/1913 - 1915)
• Major General Zheltikov Alexander Semyonovich (1915 - 1918).

In accordance with the order of the People's Commissariat for Military Affairs No. 130 in Moscow, Petrograd, Tver, Kazan and other cities of the RSFSR, thirteen accelerated courses were opened to train commanders for infantry, cavalry and artillery units of the Red Army - School of platoon instructors of the Red Army... Such a course, in February 1918, was opened in the city of Simbirsk.

On November 1, 1918, the first graduation of the red commanders took place, who had undergone combat training in battles with White Czechs and White Guards during the defense and capture of Simbirsk.

On May 4, 1919, the first graduation of the Simbirsk infantry courses for red commanders (Simbirsk commander courses) took place in the amount of 26 people.

Since July 1920, the Courses have been assigned a serial number "12 » - 12th Simbirsk Infantry Command Course.

From May 1921 to January 1924 it was called - 12th Simbirsk Infantry Command School Red army(with a three-year term of study).

The term of study at the school was reduced to six to nine months. At the school, three-month courses were created for the training of auto technicians, retraining of combined-arms commanders and political workers for tank platoon commanders. In a short time, new training programs were developed, a lot of work was done to reorganize the material base, improve field training, the ability to maintain equipment and increase its reliability.

Thanks to the great painstaking work of the command and the teachers, already in the second half of 1941, the school produced five accelerated graduations, giving armored and mechanized troops 536 tank commanders, 138 military technicians and 32 vehicles. In total, 767 people were released from June 22, 1941 to January 1, 1942. In the winter of 1941-1942, the school became one of the largest forges of command personnel for the armored and mechanized troops of the Red Army.

On February 1, 1942, the school switched to a new profile of training for commanders of heavy KV tanks, and from September onwards - to training commanders of T-34 tanks.

In June 1943, the school celebrated its 25th anniversary. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the school, for outstanding successes in training command personnel for tank forces and military services to the Motherland, on June 28, 1943, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 252, the school was transformed into "Guards" and by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on July 8, 1943 was awarded the Order of the Red Star and became known as 1st Ulyanovsk Guards twice Red Banner, Order of the Red Star Tank School named after V.I. Lenin.

According to the results of combat and political training, the school finished 1943, among the best military schools of the Armed Forces of the USSR, and among the tank UVUZ GABTU KA, as in the previous year, took first place.

At the final stage of the war, the 1st Ulyanovsk Guards Tank School, as one of the best, was entrusted with training the commanders of the IS-2 heavy tanks to complete the guards tank units.

During the Great Patriotic War, the school made 52 graduates, preparing 9860 tank officer for the front.

Post-war years

In the post-war years, 22 graduates were produced in the profile of a secondary school (graduates of 1945-1969) and 4,300 tank officers were trained.

In October 1966, in connection with the increased requirements for the training of officers, the 1st Ulyanovsk Tank School was transformed into the Ulyanovsk Guards Higher Tank Command twice Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star School. V. I. Lenin (UGVTKU). The course of study was increased from 3 years to 4 years. In 1970, the first graduation of officers with a higher military special education was made.

In total, over the years of the existence of the Ulyanovsk school from 1919 to 1991, more than 25 thousand people completed the main course of study, including 6 thousand people in the higher profile. 107 Heroes of the Soviet Union, three Heroes of Socialist Labor, 9 Heroes of the Russian Federation and one Hero of Ukraine studied here. More than 180 future marshals and generals received military knowledge at this school and one regional governor.

In June 1991, the last, 141st, graduation of officers was made.

By the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the USSR of July 11, 1991 No. 463 "On the creation of the Ulyanovsk and Bishkek Suvorov military schools" and order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 395 of September 9, 1991, the school was reorganized into the Ulyanovsk Suvorov military school, which inherited the awards and the guards name of the Ulyanovsk tank schools.

On September 7, 2018, the Tank School celebrated its 100th anniversary. In honor of the anniversary, a solemn meeting was held in Ulyanovsk.

Heads of the school

School awards

Memory

Heroes of UGVTKU

Famous graduates

Other tank schools were stationed in Ulyanovsk:

a) 2nd Ulyanovsk tank twice Red Banner School named after M. I. Kalinin, relocated in July 1941 from the city of Minsk of the Byelorussian SSR - Minsk Red Banner Tank School named after M. I. Kalinin.

From the history:

Formed in the 1920s as Joint Belarusian military school of command personnel named after the Central Executive Committee of the BSSR.

March 16, 1937 transformed into Minsk Military Infantry School named after M.I.Kalinin of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.

According to the order of the NKO of the USSR No. 0127 of March 28, 1941, the school was reorganized into Minsk Red Banner Tank School named after M.I.Kalinin, number of 1600 cadets.

According to the Directive of the General Staff KA No. 638 / org dated July 3, 1941, it was redeployed to Ulyanovsk and renamed to 2nd Ulyanovsk Red Banner Tank School named after M.I.Kalinin.

In September 1943 it was renamed to 2nd Ulyanovsk Red Banner School of Light Tanks. M. I. Kalinina.

In 1944, by the Decree of the PVS of the USSR, the school was awarded Order of the Red Banner.

In September 1944 it was renamed to 2nd Ulyanovsk twice Red Banner tank school of self-propelled units named after M. I. Kalinina.

Heads of the school:

• Vasilevich Ivan Ivanovich (from 12.1928 - 1932),
• Koblenz Grigory Mikhailovich (1.1932 - 4.1933),
• brigade commander Alekhin Evgeny Stepanovich (from 4.1933 - 1938),
• Lovyagin Pyotr Ermolaevich (7.1937 - 11.1937),
• Levashev Alexey Fedorovich (from 2.1938 - 9.1938),
• Colonel Puzikov Ivan Mikhailovich (from 5.1940),
• Major General Nikolai Grigorievich Zolotukhin (from 3.1941),
• Colonel / Major General m / v Shimkovich Andrey Leontievich (from 20.05.1942),
• major general t / v