The training of the officer recruit special operators is carried out in the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School - RVVDKU (department of special and military intelligence and the department of the use of special forces) and the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School - NVVKU (department of special intelligence and the chair of the special reconnaissance and airborne training). At Senezh, potential operators learn skydiving, mountaineering, swimming and military diving, and storming buildings and homes, while Kubinka-2 focuses on maritime operations and reconnaissance and controls several naval special operations detachments. There is also a cold weather/mountaineering training centre at Mount Elbrus codenamed Terskol, in Kabardino-Balkaria. Additionally, several more sensitive centers specialised for training SOF specialists also exist in military secrecy. Depending on the individual tasks the operatives are being prepared for or specialise in, the training varies.