School History

**"Вперед, в самые отдаленные уголки человеческих возможностей, вместе как один!"**

**"Forward into the farthest reaches of human capability, together as one!"**

## Establishment

### Year of Founding

1985 (Leningrad Naval School), 2005 (Carrier refit into Moscow Guards)

## Academics

### School Type

Military Boarding, International, Carrier

### Electives

Tankery, Aviation, Seamanship, Airborne, Communications.

### Languages Offered

English, Russian, French, German, Japanese, Chinese

Moscow Guards Carrier School has a deep history in the Russian Armed Forces, being themed off of modernity and progress, while being able to keep traditions of the past alive and well with the teachings of their students.

## General History

Formally established in 2005, the Moscow Guards' carrier, "Pryzhok" came into service. A merger between the Moscow Guards Artillery Academy and the Leningrad Naval School brought the carrier into service.

The Artillery School, founded in 1941, was the start of junior education in the field of gunnery and artillery in the Soviet Union. Originally an informal Anti-Air school, founded by Major General Yuriy Drozdetsky (1925-1991), it was later converted into a full scale Tank Artillery school in 1950 shortly after Panzerfahren was introduced to the USSR. The first tankery team was established and tested here at Moscow Guards, coached by tank ace Major General Artyom Novikov (1918-2015.)

As the Artillery School had many assets left back from WWII in their possession, they grew to become one of the biggest tankery schools in all of the USSR. While most of the students were sons of officers, politicians, and bureaucrats alike, it also housed those belonging to less fortunate families as the time passed.

Drozdetsky made it clear that he wanted to appeal to students of lower chance. Those who couldn't be supported otherwise. Because of this doctrine, in 1985, the Artillery School was named an unofficial Suvorov School of Russia, teaching students of soldiers, whether they were at war or had fallen in battle, how to be good citizens, and to serve the country beyond.

Around the same time, Leningrad Naval School, a division of the Nakhimov Schools of Russia opened their doors for the first time. An annex school of Leningrad Nakhimov, it was a small ship school that operated off of a Moskva Class Carrier ship in the Baltic Sea. It was partnered with the Rostock Naval School, located in East Germany, keeping up a regular route between each country.

Both Moscow Artillery and Leningrad Naval merged in 2005 in order to start up a new carrier school, which was to be known as the Moscow Guards Carrier School.

## Incidents

### **M/S Rakvere**

* Status: Declassified as of 1995
* Date of Incident (DD/MM/YYYY): 28/09/1994
* Weather: Stormy Seas, Heavy Rain
* Location of Incident: (59.383333, 21.683333)
* Involved Vehicles: Moskva Class Carrier “Балтийский”

Students of the Leningrad Naval Academy aided in the rescuing of 15 passengers of the ferry carrier, "Rakvere." The Leningrad Naval School gained the "Guards" honorific after this act of selflessness by the students aboard.

### RFS Roslavl

* File status: Declassified as of 2002
* Date of incident (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/02/1999
* Time of incident: 21h00 Zulu Time, 01h00 local time (MST)
* Deceased: 11 (all, 9 students, 2 staff)
* Weather: Stormy, rough seas.
* Location of Incident: Off the coast of Bolshoy Tyuters (59.8674726, 27.2063719)

Result:

* Resignation of MGCS’ Head of Naval Studies
* Temporary docking and inspection of the Baltiysky
* Regulations regarding time, distance and vessel type changed for expeditions and night trips

A student-operated craft was toppled by the waves. Cause of capsization was due to bad communication and due to the anchor not being lowered in time. All crew killed.

### Kazan Tankery Accident - Live League

* File status: Declassified as of October 2011
* Date of incident (DD/MM/YYYY): 25/04/1995
* Time of incident: 10h00 MST to 17h00MST
* Deceased: 9 (1 crew of 4, 1 crew of 5)
* Injured: 2 (2/4 crew)
* Weather: Heavy Snow
* Location of Incident: Moscow Tankery Competition Field

Result:

* Expulsion of MGCS Tankery Commander, [expunged]
* Full shutdown of KSLS’ Tankery team and expulsion of commander and organized students
* Laws regarding Russian Tankery changed nationally
* Presidential pardon to crew of T-34-76 “Wheat Field”

### Hessian Aviation Academy Incident

* File status: Declassified as of 2018
* Date of incident (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/13/2016
* Time of incident: 16:35 MST
* Number of Deceased: 24
* Number of Injured: 68
* Weather: Moderate storm, overcast clouds, moderate rain
* Location of Incident: Over the skies of Kharkov

Result:

* The temporary shutdown and investigation of Hessian Aviation Academy assets
* The stepdown of HAA's Aviation lead
* The death of MGCS Aviation lead
* Stronger inspections in the EOAC's compeitions
* New technology introduced to avoid parachuting pilots to get shot

## Trivia

* The original name of the school "Leningrad Naval Academy" is a nod to the Leningrad Nakhimov Naval School, located in St. Petersburg, Russia. Much like Moscow Guards, the aim of the Nakhimov Naval School is to train future naval officers of Russia, starting at a very young age.
* The M/S Estonia incident is a real incident that happened in our world. Linked here is the radio communication between the Estonia and the Silja Europa, along with many other ships that attempted to help during the incident.
* Leningrad Naval Academy and Moscow Guards were strictly boys only schools up until 2013. Men still dominate the ranks, but the amount of women who have joined the school has risen very much in years.