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took up their studies in the Institute as part of their military service, while being honed in their athletic talents not just for national defense but also to bolster its standing in the global arena as a sporting powerhouse, having won many accolades in national and international competitions,
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1 academic building and 2 educational and sports buildings, together with outdoor and indoor facilities, make up the current composition of the St. Petersburg campus of the MCPFS which also includes the following facilities for sports:
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in honor of its role in the war effort, and returned back to Leningrad after the war, where it remains to this day. For many years since, many of the Soviet Union's and Russia's athletes, including
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The institute, today under its current Superintendent, Colonel Oleg Botsman, is organized into three Faculty Divisions (1st, 2nd and Special), and into the following academic departments:
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the Council of People's Commissars reorganized the school, becoming the Soviet Military Gymnastics and Fencing Institute in 1918, the principal athletic center of the new
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Since 2015 the Sporting School Cadet Corps St. Petersburg, which is operated under the auspices of the Ministry of Defense, is affiliated to the Military Institute.
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education, which were the basis for the formation of the current institute. It opened its doors on October 1, 1909 in Saint Petersburg as the
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as a whole. In 1932, the institute became the Military Institute of Physical Fitness Culture, placed as the Leningrad campus of the now
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psychological, pedagogical and legal foundations of military physical training, physical education and sports
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and whose first cadets were military personnel of the Guards units and personnel of the district.
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In 1943, the Institute and its staff, then stationed in Moscow as a consequence of the long
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theories and organizations of military physical training, physical education and sports
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gymnastics, athletic training and competitive training in other disciplines
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Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health
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Higher educational institutions of physical culture and sports in Russia
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Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism
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training fields in topography, engineering training and CBRN defense
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Twice-Red Banner Military Institute of Physical Culture of the
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St. Petersburg Military College of Physical Fitness and Sports
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Great emblem of the Military Institute of Physical Culture
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and is the military counterpart of the long standing
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mountain sports training, survival and orienteering
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Nicholas II
Saint Petersburg
Russia
59°58′36″N 30°20′22″E / 59.976742°N 30.339368°E / 59.976742; 30.339368
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Ministry of Defense of Russia
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Russian Armed Forces
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health
Tsar Nicholas II
military sports
Petersburg Military District
October Revolution
Red Army
Soviet Armed Forces
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism

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