Minsk Suvorov Military School

The Minsk Suvorov Military School (MnSVU) (Belarusian:Мінск Сувораўскае ваеннае вучылішча) is one of the Suvorov Military Schools in Belarus and in other former Soviet Republics for military cadets. It was designed on the basis of training young adults from ages 14–18 and educating them to prepare cadets for admission to higher education institutions and to further their knowledge of the Army. The academy was founded on 21 May 1953.

History
The building's current form was built in 1953 by architect G. Zaborski. In 1921 the Suvorov Military School building housed Minsk infantry courses for the United Belarusian Military School. The first set of cadets were assembled in September 1953. Most pupils were orphaned children whose parents died in the war. In the 2007–2008 academic year entire course was made of 105 pupils.

Heads of the School

 * 1953–1954 –Major General Malkov, Dmitry Kuzmich, Hero of the Soviet Union
 * 1954–1956 –Major General Kryuchkov, Andrei Ilyich
 * 1956–1969 –Major General Saenko, Peter Rodionovich, Hero of the Soviet Union
 * 1969–1982 –Major General Rudskoy, Fyodor Andreyevich, Hero of the Soviet Union
 * 1982–1989 –Lt. Gen. Zaytsev, Lev
 * 1989–2002 –Major General Stepanov, Vitaly Pavlovich
 * 2002–2005 –Major General Bagdasarov, Sergey Vladimirovich
 * 2005–2010 –Major General Skobelev, Nikolai V.
 * 2010–2016–Colonel, Major General (c February 2012) Lisowski, Viktor.
 * 2016–present–Colonel Naumenko Alexander

Alummi

 * Sergey Kizyun – Colonel-general, chief of staff–1st deputy commander of the Leningrad Military District.
 * Andrei Ravkov – Lieutenant-General, Minister of defense of the Republic of Belarus.
 * Peter Chaus – Colonel-general, the first minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus
 * Vladimir Shapovalov – Major general, honored doctor of the Russia
 * Leonid Maltsev – Colonel-general, the current state secretary of Security Council of Belarus