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Basic Military Training (NVP) in the USSR
A detailed reference article on Basic Military Training (NVP) in the USSR: its history, goals, curriculum, field camps, the role of DOSAAF, its…
MIREA, a Moscow Technical University
MIREA (the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics, and Automation) is one of Moscow's leading technical universities, specializing in…
MEPhI: One of the USSR's Top Nuclear-Physics Schools
The Moscow Engineering Physics Institute is one of Russia's most prestigious technical universities, specializing in training specialists for the…
Sevenoaks School: the Kent boarding school where the oil governor's son studies alongside Yeltsin's grandson
Sevenoaks School in Kent, one of Britain's oldest and most prestigious boarding schools, and its notable alumni.
MGIMO -- the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
MGIMO answered to the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs and set its own admission rules. Getting in required Communist Party recommendations…
What a PTU Is, and Who "PTU Kids" Were
What is a PTU (vocational school)