Tashkent Suvorov Military School
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Emblem of the Uzbek SSR | |
Other name | TshSVU |
|---|---|
| Type | military academy |
| Active | 1943–1960 |
| Founder | Government of the Uzbek SSR |
| Affiliation | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
Academic affiliation | Suvorov Military School |
| Address | 33 Stalin Street , , |
| Language | Russian, Uzbek |
| At the time, it was the only active Suvorov Military School in Central Asia. | |
The Tashkent Suvorov Military School (TshSVU) (Uzbek: Toshkent Suvorov Harbiy Maktabi; Russian: Ташкент Суворовское военное училище) was a Suvorov Military Academy in the Uzbek SSR and one of such other schools in the former Soviet Union for military cadets. It was designed on the basis of training young adults from ages 14–18 and educating them to be prepared for admission to higher education institutions and to further their knowledge and career in the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union The TshSVU was in existence from 1943 to 1960.[1][2] It was under the direct command of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs.