the RSFSR. Those who did not want to continue training were given the option to quit the Soviet Army in the reserve. In summer 1991 the Moscow system of High military education have been turned out the last officers of command-engineering faculty. The last graduation of the political faculties officers took place on 29 April 1992. The Red Banner Order's High military college named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Biryuzov had retrenched by Moscow Department of Defense just at June 30 1992. The building of the school now houses the National Defence Academy of Latvia. A technology of intercontinental ballistic missiles production and reliable flight control over the globe by autonomous automatic electron-mechanical system with onboard digital computer, Order of the Red Banner because of high military operations standard, principles of Strategic Missile Forces organization and application on scientific and military basis for the defence of the State were returned to the Russia. Heads The following served as heads of the school: S. Raytsen (1931-1938) P. Karandasov (1938-1941) V. Kostyshin (1941-1942 I. Bolshakov (1944-1955) P. Cherkasov (1955-1959) А. Vasilyev (1959-1963) V. Novikov (1963-1967) N. Beryeznyak (1967-1973) A. Glushchenko (1973-1977) V. Mikhailov (1977-1986) А. Sidorenko (1986-1992) Alumni Notable alumni include Vice Admiral and Hero of the Soviet Union Ilya Khvorostyanov (the former head of the Nakhimov Naval Academy in Sevastopol) and Grigory Ditsky (a former official at the Central Navy Observatory who made a great contribution to the development of marine space exploration). Other alumni include officers like Mikhail Gatsko, who was a long time legal specialist for the Russian military leadership. On the 85th anniversary of the founding of the school in 2016, the St. Petersburg Council of the School Veterans hosted celebrations in St. Petersburg. A similar event was held in Riga. See also Tallinn Higher Military-Political Construction School Minsk Higher Military-Political School References Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Educational institutions established in 1979 Political-Military Educational Institutions Military academies of the Soviet Union