Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy

**Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy**
Russian: Киевское Высшее Военное Авиационное Инженерное Училище (КВВАИУ)
Type	Military Academy for Aviation
Established	1951
Students	Engineering personnel for the Air Force.
Location	Kiev, 1951 - 1991Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR. After 1991, Ukraine.

Kiev Military Aviation Engineering Academy (Ukrainian: Київське вище військове авіаційне інженерне училище, КВВАІУ)^[1] is one of the leading military educational university-level institutions and research centers of the Soviet Union on the preparation of highly qualified engineers of various specialties for the Air Force. After the breakdown of the Soviet Union - the main and the only military school in Ukraine, was preparing all kinds of engineering and logistics officers for the Ukrainian Air Force.

All educational programs had five-year duration and graduates were granted a qualification and a degree of military engineers (corresponding to the western level from Bachelor to Master of Engineering). Same educational programs were used at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy.

History

Founded on September 1, 1951 as the Kiev Higher Engineering Radio-Technical College of the Soviet Air Force.

The academy had a very high reputation; competition for admission was 15 applicants per place. It had academic councils which were awarding Doktor nauk and Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D) degrees.^[2]

The academy had two campuses: GoogleMap location 1 GoogleMap location 2 The main academic building was located at 30 Vozdukhoflotskii Avenue - in a massive three-storey building built in the 1910s. In addition, the academy had a training airfield near the Kiev Zhuliany Airport. About a dozen planes and helicopters of various types were available there for engineering practice. The flights were not performed. Later, the training airfield was used to establish the Ukraine State Aviation Museum.

On July 3, 2000, the military institution has ceased to exist as such, has been reorganized, the staff and students were relocated to the Air Force University at Kharkiv.

Faculties

1 - Aircraft and Engines
2 - Aviation Weapons
3 - Aviation Equipment (electrical, hydraulic, etc.)
4 - Avionics
5 - Foreign military specialists (primarily from African countries)
6 - Studies by correspondence

The faculties #1 and #2 admitted officers who previously completed training at the three-year technical military colleges and had experience of service in the Air Force. The faculties of Aviation Equipment and Avionics accepted high school graduates.

Commanders

Ivanov, AF (IV.1951 - II.1954) Иванов А. Ф.
Bondarenko II (II.1954-VIII.1962) Бондаренко И. И.
Maksimov, NA (VI.1962-X.1975) Максимов Н. А.
Saints KF (X.1975-IV.1976) Угодников К. Ф.
Chelyshev KB (V.1976 - VII.1990) Челышев К. Б.
Gulyaev, VV (from VII.1990) Гуляев В. В.

Notable Faculty and Personnel

Balenko, Alexander A. (ru:Баленко, Александр Алексеевич)

Grigory Ivanovich Golikov (Голиков Григорий Иванович)

Gritsenko Anatoly Stepanovich (Гриценко Анатолий Степанович)

Ivanov, Vitaly A. (Иванов Виталий Андреевич)

Iotka Theodosii Antonovich (Иотка Феодосии Антонович)

Karpov, Alexander A. (ru:Карпов, Александр Алексеевич)

George Katz Isaakovich (Кац Георгий Исаакович)

Kondrat Emelyan Filaretovich (Кондрат Емельян Филаретович)

Alexander S. Kornev (Корнев Александр Степанович)

Lanovenko, Mark Trofimovich (Лановенко Марк Трофимович)

Migulin Igor (Мигулин Игорь Николаевич)

Alexander Kucherenko (Кучеренко Александр Васильевич)

Nedbaylo, Anatoly K.

Polupanov, Vladimir K. (ru:Полупанов, Владимир Константинович)

Viktor Soshnikov (Сошников Виктор Иванович)

Chinayev, Peter Ivanovich (Чинаев Петр Иванович)

Vasily N. Yakovlev (Яковлев Василий Николаевич)

Sample Monographs Published by Faculty

Dudko, G., Reznikov, GB Doppler velocity meters, and drift angle plane. M. The Soviet radio., 1964. -344 pp. (Дудко Г.К., Резников Г.Б. Допплеровские измерители скорости и угла сноса самолета. М. Советское радио. -1964г. -344 с.)
Reznikov, GB Aircraft antenna. "Soviet Radio", Moscow, 1962. - 456 pp. (Резников Г. Б. Самолетные антенны. «Советское радио», Москва, 1962. - 456 с.)
Chinayev P. Self-tuning systems: calculation and design. - Moscow: Mashgiz. - 1963. - 303 pp. (Чинаев П.И. Самонастраивающиеся системы: расчет и проектирование. - Москва: Машгиз. - 1963. - 303 с.)
Yakovlev VN Microelectronic pulse generators. - Kiev: Tehnika, 1982. - 208 pp. (Яковлев В. Н. Микроэлектронные генераторы импульсов . - Киев : Технiка, 1982. - 208 с.)

References and external links

↑ A literal (word-for-word) translation would be "Kiev Higher Military Aviation Engineering School". This miscommunicates the meaning of the title, which states the university-level of the institution, because the terms "higher" and "school" are not used in the titles of the Western universities.
↑ 1 сентября 2011 года - 60 лет КВВАИУ (September 1, 2011 - 60th Anniverssary of KVVAIU)

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