Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan

Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan is higher military educational institution in the national education system of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan.[2][3] It has a state license of the Ministry of Education of Tajikistan giving it the right to conduct educational activities in the field of higher education.

Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan
Донишкадаи ҳарбии Вазорати мудофиа
The cadets of the school (led by Colonel Ilkhom Makhsumov) participating in the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade.[1]
Former name
Military Engineering College
Typemilitary academy
Established1993 (1993)
Founder Ministry of Defence (Tajikistan)
Affiliation Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan
CommandantHafiz Azizzoda
Location
Dushanbe
,
Tajikistan
LanguageTajik, Russian

History
The entrance to the institute.

On 29 September 1992, by decree of the Council of Ministers, the academy was established as the Military Commander Engineering Military College. The first group of cadets of the institute began their training for the first time on 23 February 1993, Which was the day when the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan were formed.[4] The college's establishment would prove to be essential to deal with the country's internal conflicts, such as the Tajikistani Civil War. On 30 April 2002, the school was transformed into the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense that the President of Tajikistan by order of President Emomali Rahmon.[5]

Organization

The military academy specializes in the enhancement of physical strength, military-political knowledge, and a wide range of capacities to increase the number of professional officers in the military units of the country.[4][6] The cadets, who become commissioned Lieutenants upon graduation, are given seven specialties: gunners, motorized riflemen, tank commanders, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, as well as platoon commanders of engineering units.[7] Military Institute alumni now constitute more than 70% of the commissioned staff of the armed forces.[8] Since 2004, the institute has operated a military aviation department for members of the Tajik Air Force, graduating 150 officers by 2008.[9] The flight department has 12 training classes with 250 seats, 9 workrooms for officers and teachers, a sports hall, a student dormitory, a personnel lounge, and a warehouse for storing weapons and military equipment.[10] The cost of building the four-story building amounted to over 453,000 USD (four million Tajik somoni).[11]

Activities

In 2010, for the first time, 75 cadets of the Military Institute took part in the Victory Parade in Moscow. It consisted of the command group (3 officers), a color guard carrying the Flag of Tajikistan (3 cadets) and a parade team (64 cadets).[12] It later took part in the 2015 parade, and in 2020, an alumni company took part in the parade.[13][14] In 2018, Subbotnik was performed by members of the institute in Khujand.[15] In early 2020, a delegation from the Aviation Department visited the Higher Military Aviation School of Uzbekistan.[16]

Commandants
  • Major-General Hokimsho Hofizov (1998–2006)[17]
  • Major-General Fayzali Sharifzoda (2006–2015)
  • Major-General Ahliddin Majidov (2015–2020)[18]
  • Hafiz Azizzoda (2020–Present)[19][20]

References
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  2. "More than 170 graduates of Tajik Military Institute join Tajik armed forces | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". news.tj. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  3. http://innovation.tj/ru/predpriyatiya-i-nauchnie-organizatsii/vysshie-professionalnye-uchebnye-zavedeniya-respubliki-tadzhikistan
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  9. https://www.news.tj/ru/news/tajikistan/power/20180221/budutshie-voennie-letchiki-tadzhikistana-pereehali-v-novoe-uchebnoe-zdanie
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  11. https://today.tj/tadzhikistan/11430-v-voennom-institute-tadzhikistana-otkryt-novyy-korpus-aviafakulteta.html
  12. http://avesta.tj/2010/04/30/75-kursantov-voennogo-instituta-mo-tadzhikistana-primut-uchastie-v-parade-pobedy-v-moskve/
  13. Чукалина, Евгения (June 9, 2020). "Военнослужащие Таджикистана примут участие в параде Победы в Москве". Известия.
  14. https://ria.ru/20200609/1572665401.html
  15. http://tjk.rs.gov.ru/ru/news/28959
  16. https://uza.uz/en/society/cooperation-between-uzbekistan-and-tajikistan-defense-minist-29-01-2020
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  18. "Rahmon meets newly appointed officials of power-wielding structures | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". news.tj. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  19. https://centrasia.org/person2.php?st=1584472878
  20. https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/power/20200306/emomali-rahmon-naznachil-novogo-sekretarya-sovbez-tadzhikistana

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