After the Great Patriotic War, the task of training financial and economic personnel for the Armed Forces, especially the leadership, became acute. At the suggestion of the head of the Financial Department of the military department, General Yakov Khotenko, with the support of the leadership of the Ministry of Finance, on September 20, 1947, Deputy Minister of the USSR Armed Forces Marshal Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky and Minister higher education Sergey Kaftanov signed a joint order on the organization of the Military Faculty at the Moscow Financial Institute.

pioneers

“For the fleet and the state, more than two billion rubles were saved, which were on the accounts of the Bank of Ukraine”

In July 1948, an experienced financier, Major General Sergei Spiridonov, was appointed head of the faculty. A participant in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars, he became the first of a galaxy of front-line leaders who invested military experience in organizing the educational process.

The staff of the faculty included management, four courses of students, three departments and service units. In 1949, advanced training courses for officers were added, and in 1950, a special department for the training of military personnel of foreign armies and postgraduate courses. By 1960, a coherent system of training military financiers had developed.

In the period from 1955 to 1963, the scientists of the departments published a number of monographs, published six collections of scientific notes. These works reflected the issues of theory and practice of finance of the USSR Armed Forces, financial support troops. B. Rivkin, N. Verba, B. Kin, N. Gritsynin, I. Lakhmetkin, V. Podyryaka, B. Savchenko, V. Shcherbak, Yu. Chernov, V. Tivanov, G. Korolev and others.

In January 1963, two research laboratories were formed at the Department of Finance of the Armed Forces - "Automation" and "Problems financial service". Their activities contributed to the strengthening of the economy in the use of public funds in the army and navy, improving the quality of financial control, combating losses material assets and cash.

A characteristic feature of the development of the faculty in 1963-1972 was the increase in the level of military-economic training of students. New disciplines have been introduced, courses have been developed to study the economy, organization and planning of industrial production and capital construction in the USSR Ministry of Defense, analysis economic activity enterprises and construction organizations.

In 1967, the faculty began training senior officers in the system of field institutions of the State Bank of the USSR to provide funding for new types of the Armed Forces, primarily the Strategic Missile Forces.

The teaching staff took an active part in preparing for the introduction of an annual financial planning system into the troops from January 1, 1970, as well as the use of impersonal funding, which allowed commanders to send cash to address priority issues. This step, supported by the Ministry of Finance, was revolutionary for that time. It is noteworthy that in the public sector of the country such financing was transferred only in the 21st century.

The logical conclusion of the ongoing restructuring of the educational process with a focus on the economy was the creation in 1971 of an independent department of military-economic disciplines, the first head of which was Colonel A. Grishin.

The confrontation and rivalry between the NATO bloc and the Warsaw Pact was accompanied by the development, production and adoption of increasingly complex complexes and systems. This led to increased ties between the Armed Forces economy and the military-industrial complex and increased military spending. To optimize them, it was decided to improve the skills of the leadership of military missions (VP): a department of economics and organization of production of defense industries was created, colonel-engineer V. Zhikharev was appointed head. The country's leading specialists, scientists, practical engineers, financiers and economists were selected for the first team. Since October 1974, the department began training officers of the VP, and later ordering departments, research and development organizations, industrial enterprises and organizations of the Ministry of Defense.

In 1976, the faculty already trained specialists with higher military education. Graduates have the opportunity to study economic analysis theaters of military operations, the choice of rational options for meeting the needs of the troops. The main efforts were directed to the practical side of education and the achievement of a logical connection between the educational processes of the Yaroslavl Higher Military Financial School named after General A.V. Khrulev and the military faculty, the creation of a coherent system for training financial service specialists with higher military education.

Military special training began to be provided by two groups of disciplines: financial and economic, the number of which increased significantly. In 1979, the first graduation of officers with a higher military education took place, who were almost completely sent to the central bodies of the Armed Forces. And since 1981, graduates of the correspondence department began to receive higher military education.

The arrival of such specialists in the troops was accompanied by the expansion of the rights of managers of loans of all degrees to use budget funds. In the army and navy, expenditure standards began to be introduced, the rest was allowed to be used next year. This led to significant savings in the budget of the Ministry of Defense.

financial guard

When creating the Armed Forces new Russia and reducing their numbers, there were proposals to train military financiers in civilian universities, although such attempts were rejected by life itself back in the 20s of the last century. They came, as a rule, from some reformers who, apparently, did not understand that the Armed Forces are a specific state body designed to ensure the security of the country. And the Military Faculty has always trained personnel to organize the financial support of the troops and fleet forces, not only in the conditions of their real deployment, but also in the conditions of their employment, and, if necessary, personal participation in hostilities, where the use of civilian specialists is virtually impossible.

In the era of "privatization", or simply - the taking away of state, including army property, the Military Finance and Economics Department turned out to be a tasty morsel for some representatives of the new Russian elite, who were alien to the issues of training specialists of this profile, they were interested in personal selfish goals. From attempts to seize property under the guise of various far-fetched reorganizations, employees of the Military Faculty fought back more than once.

When reforming the system of military education in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 13, 1998, the Military Financial and Economic University was established as part of the Military Faculty of Finance and Economics and the Yaroslavl Higher Military Financial School as a branch. This decision was intended to create a multi-level educational and scientific complex, to form a unified systematic approach to the training of financial and economic service personnel. This association marked the beginning of one of the most productive periods of activity. In a short period of time there have been major changes in the educational process. Introduced new technologies, improved quality scientific works, the qualifications and potential of the teaching staff have grown, which has had a positive impact on the professional level of graduates.

One of the main ones was the Department of Finance and Management banking in the sun. Its representatives were attracted to conduct classes even in other universities. Lectures on the problems of defense budget. Textbooks and monographs, dozens of manuals were prepared here, more than 70 dissertations were defended, various research and operational tasks were carried out.

Back in 1977, the department of financial and economic activity management and control (organization of the financial service and control) stood out from the Department of Finance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to strengthen the practical orientation of training students, the first head of which was Colonel Yu. Chernov. It taught disciplines of an applied nature - they prepared students for work as heads of the financial service of connections and structural divisions district and army level. Under the guidance of the Financial Inspectorate of the Central Federal University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the first textbook on financial control was prepared here.

The Department of Management of Economics and Accounting and Analytical Activities in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Economics of the Armed Forces) was also unique in its kind, which, being relatively young, under the leadership of the first head of the Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor G. Zhukov, clearly declared itself. The country's first textbook on military-economic analysis was published here, which immediately began to be in high demand both in universities and in research institutions of the Ministry of Defense. Disciplines appeared for the first time: military-economic analysis, military-financial informatics. Since 2000, by decision of the Minister of Defense, EP engineers-economists with higher military education have been trained here. Its 2002-2006 graduates had a significant impact on the development of industry and the current state of the state defense order management system. Until now, the textbook "Prices and Pricing", published by the department in 1985, is the only one in the country.

In the development of scientific foundations military economy a lot of work was invested by university scientists: R. Farmazyan, A. Pozharov, N. Abrosimov, S. Ermakov, V. Zhikharev, G. Zhukov, S. Vikulov and others.

During these years, the University has become an intellectual center of key competencies in planning and financing the State Defense Order, R&D economics, pricing management for defense products, cost accounting and analysis, and intellectual property management. All these important areas were studied at the department.

Today, the problems accumulated over the past ten years in the above areas of activity can pose a very serious threat to the implementation of the 2017-2019 state defense order. But there is no one and nowhere to train specialized specialists.

An instructive example: to strengthen research in the field of economics and finance of the Armed Forces, a research center for military-economic justifications worked at the university under the leadership of Colonel A. Batkovsky. It has carried out about 50 research papers, more than 170 operational tasks, prepared eight monographs and teaching aids on a wide range of financial and economic problems. We began to regularly publish the scientific journal "Bulletin of the Military Financial and Economic University", which published articles on the most topical issues of economics and finance.

In 2002, a museum was built, equipped with advanced technologies for storing and demonstrating historical information and archival materials. Scheduled classes were held here with students, excursions for families of military personnel, students of civilian universities and schoolchildren, significant dates and the Days of Russia's military glory were celebrated. Museum and work "Military Financial and Economic Service of Russia" were awarded the State Prize Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov.

The staff of the Military Finance and Economics Faculty has always kept pace with the times. He performed the tasks of the financial service based on the geopolitical situation, prepared and educated officers devoted to the interests of the cause. Over the years, about 7,500 military specialists have been trained for the Ministry of Defense, Internal Troops, the Federal Border Service, and other law enforcement agencies, more than 10,000 officers have been retrained and advanced their skills.

An objective assessment of the work was its accreditation. According to the results of an external examination conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science in 2005, the Military Financial and Economic University was among the top 10 percent of Russian universities (including civilian ones) in all key indicators. Graduates successfully completed the tasks of financial support for the Soviet troops temporarily deployed in Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, and other regions. Many took part in military operations and peacekeeping operations in Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan, Chechen Republic, Yugoslavia, Abkhazia, Transnistria. Often, while serving in hot spots, they had to engage in armed clashes, protecting finances and other valuables from being seized by militants. To carry out, along with professional duties, the tasks of escorting and protecting military columns, to take personal part in hostilities together with other military personnel, while showing courage and heroism. For leadership financial security combat operations in Dagestan and Chechnya, Lieutenant General V. Zastavnyuk, Colonels E. Polunichev and Y. Efimov were awarded the Order of Military Merit. Colonel Efimov, in addition, was awarded the Order of Courage. Participants in the hostilities were awarded for military work: A. Ulyanchuk, I. Semenikhin, V. Kirillov, B. Belotserkovsky, O. Belenko, A. Borisov and many others.

Often performing tasks in hot spots, graduates had to organize social Security civilian population, to participate in the stabilization of the financial and economic system of the regions. A striking example: in 2014, after the coup d'état in Ukraine, the economic terror organized in Crimea, the blockade of the banking and treasury systems, deprivation of the population's livelihood, the financial service of the Black Sea Fleet was able to quickly and combatively carry out, without exaggeration to say, a rescue financial and economic operation. As a result, more than two billion rubles were saved for the fleet and the state, which were on the accounts of the Bank of Ukraine, hundreds of millions of hryvnias were secretly collected from the garrisons and converted into rubles. Together with the officers of the field branches of the bank, a huge amount of cash was brought from the mainland for pension fund, "Post of Russia", credit and financial and other organizations of the Crimea. If payment is not possible allowance And wages in a cashless manner plastic cards with a significant increase in the size of the fleet, they were promptly issued in cash. Thanks primarily to the officers of the financial service, it was possible to bring to a working state in the shortest possible time salary project through a new servicing banking institution. All this greatly contributed to the economic stabilization of the Crimea and social protection its population.

There is someone to be proud of

“In hot spots, we had to engage in armed clashes, protecting finances and other valuables from being seized by militants”

Among our graduates are 124 generals, 27 doctors of sciences and professors, three honored workers of science of the Russian Federation, seven laureates of the State Prize. Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov, 59 Honored Economists of the Russian Federation, 13 officers awarded the badge "For excellent success in work in the field of higher education of the USSR", three honorary workers of higher vocational education countries.

Life has shown that university graduates are in great demand even after being fired from military service. They have occupied and continue to occupy worthy positions in the presidential administration and control department, the governments of Russia and Moscow, the Accounts Chamber, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and other authorities. University graduate of 2005, gold medalist Colonel of the Reserve D. Aristov today as director Federal Service bailiffs. A graduate of 2002, Colonel of the Reserve S. Yemelyanov, Director of the Aviation Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The position of the first deputy head of the Moscow Department of Finance, head of the city treasury is occupied by reserve colonel E. Menshov. The financial and economic bodies of the Departments of Health and Education in Moscow are headed by reserve colonels V. Pavlov and O. Yakovlev. Previously held in the Presidential Control Department public service officers S. Averichev and Yu. Fedorov. Military financiers A. Matyunin, A. Skobelev, I. Oshchipkov and P. Romashkan are successfully working here today. In the Defense Expenditure Control Department of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, which was headed by the auditor A. Piskunov, more than 85 percent of the inspectors were university graduates. Many have become major leaders in banking system states. So, the head of the Far Eastern Main Department of the Bank of Russia is S. Belov, the first deputy head of the Main Department of the Bank of Russia for the Central Federal District is V. Knysh. The Field Institutions Department of the Bank of Russia is headed by O. Belenko. A. Belenko, Head of the Belgorod branch of the Main Branch of the Bank of Russia for the Central Federal District. Our graduates manage almost all financial bodies of the Armed Forces of the states post-Soviet space. Many remain true to the chosen path, continuing to work in the defense structures of the state, the defense industry, heading research institutes, factories, financial departments, and pricing departments.

With great respect and pride, today we remember the heads of the Military Faculty - participants in the Great Patriotic War, generals N. Naydenov, V. Krishkevich, I. Ryzhkov, V. Selikha, V. Bursa, V. Semenikov, M. Polishchuk, who made a significant contribution to the development and improvement of the educational institution, the training of worthy personnel for the financial service.

The authority of the Military University and the military school is evidenced by visits by the President of the country, twice by the Prime Ministers of Russia and the Minister of Defense. Such attention and honor were not awarded to more elite educational establishments.

Unfortunately, in 2009 and 2010, the Military Financial and Economic Academy in Yaroslavl and the Military Financial and Economic Institute, we repeat, were disbanded. This step is regarded by many army and navy veterans, especially university graduates, as anti-state, aimed at undermining the economy and the combat readiness of the Armed Forces, the country's defense capability. It seems that the current leadership of the two Ministries - Defense and Finance will come to the conclusion that without such a unique educational institution it is impossible to effectively resolve the issues of using budgetary funds for the country's defense.

I congratulate everyone who cares about the Military Finance and Economics University (Military Finance and Economics Faculty at the MFI) on the holiday, I wish you health, well-being and success in life. I am convinced that we have the right to be proud of the work done for the benefit of the Armed Forces.

Vasily Vorobyov,
colonel general, doctor economic sciences, ex-head of the Main Directorate of the Military Budget and Financing of the RF Armed Forces

lieutenant general deputy head of the Central financial management MO CCCR, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, received two wounds, including one severe. In 1965 he graduated from the Military Faculty at the MFI. He went from the primary positions of the financial service to the head of the financial service of the North Caucasian Military District, the head of the Department of Labor and Wages of the USSR Armed Forces, the deputy head of the Central Federal University of the USSR Ministry of Defense. He was awarded the Orders of the Patriotic War, I degree, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, "For Service to the Motherland in Armed Forces ah USSR "III degree, medals.

After six months of training at the Yaroslavl advanced training courses for officers of the quartermaster service and the assignment of the military rank of "junior lieutenant of the quartermaster service", until June 1958 I served in the military positions of a military financier with the military rank of "junior lieutenant major". During this period, he tried twice to enter a higher military educational institution - to the Academy of Logistics and Transport and to the Military Financial and Economic Faculty at the Moscow Financial Institute.

But the attempts were unsuccessful due to the presence of metal fragments in my lungs - the result of a severe wound in the war. I realized that the paths to obtaining the desired higher military education were insurmountable for me and resigned myself to this, continuing my military service as a senior officer in the payroll department of the financial department of the North Caucasian Military District. But the unexpected happened. Colonel Fyodor Filippovich Ishchenko, head of the district's financial department, called me in for an interview and began it with party questions, which did not surprise me, since I had been acting secretary of the department's party organization for three years. Then he said that he was going to leave the Armed Forces, not seeing a further career prospect for himself, and, expressing regret that I did not have a higher military education, he asked me to tell about what did not allow me to continue my studies.

I reported in detail about my desires and failures in this matter. He said that the department received orders for three places to pass the entrance exams to the faculty - two for the full-time department and one for the correspondence department. The latter he offered to take me. I replied that the fragments remain the same

place and the commission will again block my path to admission. Then Fyodor Filippovich advised me to enter the 10th grade as a volunteer in order to better prepare for the exams. And I decided to try my luck. In the second half of the academic year, I was even enrolled for permanent education in the 10th grade and, having passed the state exams, I received a second matriculation certificate with good grades. Having introduced himself to the head of the correspondence department of the faculty, Colonel S.A. Glamazde heard from him about his arrival to pass the entrance exams to the faculty: “Very good. You are appointed foreman of the course of the correspondence department. Then he handed me the lists of students arriving for admission and passing exams, gave me instructions and ordered me to act. Going out into the corridor, I began to look through the lists. The heart trembled.

In front of my last name in bold felt-tip pen was written "REFUSE". He returned to the colonel and asked with a shudder: what would that mean? He spoke out indignantly to the secretary of the department for not removing the crossed out word. It turned out that my age was no longer suitable for admission to the faculty. And only with the permission of the head of the CFU, Colonel-General V.N. Dutov, as the eldest in age and service life and a participant in hostilities, I was admitted to the entrance exams. Having passed them with grades "4" and "5", I was enrolled as a first-year student of the Military Faculty at the MFI, in the correspondence department. Five years of hard training lay ahead.

The correspondence course was formed from worthy people who wanted to learn more about the field of military finance and economics. The teaching staff of the faculty made great efforts to instill in students professional knowledge, as well as to raise the cultural level.

It should be recognized that some students did not have high knowledge in all subjects of training for the reason that they did not master them well. I will give one example. Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Taran knew professional financial disciplines with dignity, but the German language was difficult for him. In the near future, state exams were coming, and knowledge in this subject was not given to him. He took the exam three times and failed. I had to help out a friend in a non-standard way.

I asked Nikolai for a record book, found a German teacher at the institute and with difficulty begged her to take a sin on her soul - to put a mark of "3" in Taran's record book. She was indignant for a long time, but still put a three in Taran's record book.

I took this step, because I rightly believed that in the near future, after graduating from the faculty, Nikolai would not need deep knowledge of the German language.

There were other educational tricks, but they did not negatively affect the students' studies. As you know, the subject "philosophy" requires deep thinking, especially when writing test control topics.

My friend Nikolai Ryazaev and I realized this when we were writing one of the test papers. Departing from Rostov-on-Don on a business trip, I packed a decent bundle of various literature on philosophy, as well as the work of teachers and students.

A month later I called home and my wife read me a review: “Comrade. Silence! You took the work of the professor ..., conscientiously rewrote it, and therefore the work was not credited. When I got home a week later, I wrote new job, which he reported. A similar thing happened with Nikolai Ryazaev. Arriving then at the institute for an examination session, I saw a teacher, Colonel A.S. Aizikovich, who told me: “Comrade. Silence! How did you manage to rewrite the professor's lecture ... and present it as a personal test? I replied: “Tov. colonel! I give my word as an officer that I never saw the lecture of the professor you mentioned and even heard nothing about him. When writing control work I used a brochure, a dictionary of philosophy and partly the work of a student economic department Rostov financial institute. I never thought that a professor would be a plagiarizer of a student and author of a pamphlet.”

Nikolai and I determined the following tactics for passing the state exam in philosophy. We collected a lot of questions, went to Aizikovich for a consultation and started a decent argument with him. Nikolai and I went to the exams together. Having taken the tickets, they sat down at their desks one after another to write answers. Aizikovich approached me, took my exam ticket, a rough draft of answers on it, a record book and said: “You can be free,” and after a while he took out a record book and handed it to me. When I opened it, I saw the rating "5". He did the same with Nicholas. This is how we finished our philosophy test.

Field training of listeners played a big role in mastering our combat skills.

With dignity, high responsibility and professionalism, graduates of the faculty, including those who graduated from it in the recent past, participated in the elimination of the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in combat operations in Afghanistan, in Czechoslovakia and in other combat events. I also had to perform complex and responsible assignments from the leadership of the command of the Ministry of Defense.

On September 20, the Military Financial and Economic University would have turned 70 years old. Unfortunately, it no longer exists. He fell under the ruthless reforms that covered the Armed Forces in the 2000s. But the experience of training military financiers has been accumulated unique. It has not lost its significance in our days, as, however, it is relevant and full of bright pages of the birth and life of this educational institution.

After the Great Patriotic War, the task of training financial and economic personnel for the Armed Forces, especially the leadership, became acute. At the suggestion of the head of the Financial Department of the military department, General Yakov Khotenko, with the support of the leadership of the Ministry of Finance, on September 20, 1947, Deputy Minister of the USSR Armed Forces Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky and Minister of Higher Education Sergei Kaftanov signed a joint order on the organization of the Military Faculty at the Moscow Financial Institute.

pioneers

In July 1948, an experienced financier, Major General Sergei Spiridonov, was appointed head of the faculty. A participant in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars, he became the first of a galaxy of front-line leaders who invested military experience in organizing the educational process.

The staff of the faculty included management, four courses of students, three departments and service units. In 1949, advanced training courses for officers were added, and in 1950, a special department for the training of military personnel of foreign armies and postgraduate courses. By 1960, a coherent system of training military financiers had developed.

In the period from 1955 to 1963, the scientists of the departments published a number of monographs, published six collections of scientific notes. These works reflected questions of the theory and practice of finances of the USSR Armed Forces, and the monetary support of the troops. B. Rivkin, N. Verba, B. Kin, N. Gritsynin, I. Lakhmetkin, V. Podyryaka, B. Savchenko, V. Shcherbak, Yu. Chernov, V. Tivanov, G. Korolev and others.

In January 1963, two research laboratories were formed at the Department of Finance of the Armed Forces - "Automation" and "Problems of the Financial Service". Their activities contributed to strengthening the economy in the use of public funds in the army and navy, improving the quality of financial control, combating the loss of material assets and money.

A characteristic feature of the development of the faculty in 1963-1972 was the increase in the level of military-economic training of students. New disciplines have been introduced, courses have been developed for studying economics, organizing and planning industrial production and capital construction in the USSR Ministry of Defense, and analyzing the economic activities of enterprises and construction organizations.

In 1967, the faculty began training senior officers in the system of field institutions of the State Bank of the USSR to provide funding for new types of the Armed Forces, primarily the Strategic Missile Forces.

The teaching staff took an active part in preparing for the introduction of the annual financial planning system into the troops from January 1, 1970, as well as the use of impersonal funding, which allowed commanders to direct funds to solve priority tasks. This step, supported by the Ministry of Finance, was revolutionary for that time. It is noteworthy that in the public sector of the country such financing was transferred only in the 21st century.

The logical conclusion of the ongoing restructuring of the educational process with a focus on the economy was the creation in 1971 of an independent department of military-economic disciplines, the first head of which was Colonel A. Grishin.

The confrontation and rivalry between the NATO bloc and the Warsaw Pact was accompanied by the development, production and adoption of increasingly complex complexes and systems. This led to increased ties between the Armed Forces economy and the military-industrial complex and increased military spending. To optimize them, it was decided to improve the skills of the leadership of military missions (VP): a department of economics and organization of production of defense industries was created, colonel-engineer V. Zhikharev was appointed head. The country's leading specialists, scientists, practical engineers, financiers and economists were selected for the first team. Since October 1974, the department began training officers of the VP, and later ordering departments, research and development organizations, industrial enterprises and organizations of the Ministry of Defense.

In 1976, the faculty already trained specialists with higher military education. Graduates got the opportunity to study the economic analysis of theaters of military operations, the choice of rational options for meeting the needs of the troops. The main efforts were directed to the practical side of education and the achievement of a logical connection between the educational processes of the Yaroslavl Higher Military Financial School named after General A.V. Khrulev and the military faculty, the creation of a coherent system for training financial service specialists with higher military education.

Military special training began to be provided by two groups of disciplines: financial and economic, the number of which increased significantly. In 1979, the first graduation of officers with a higher military education took place, who were almost completely sent to the central bodies of the Armed Forces. And since 1981, graduates of the correspondence department began to receive higher military education.
The arrival of such specialists in the troops was accompanied by the expansion of the rights of managers of loans of all degrees in the use of budgetary funds. In the army and navy, expenditure standards began to be introduced, the rest was allowed to be used next year. This led to significant savings in the budget of the Ministry of Defense.

financial guard

During the creation of the Armed Forces of the new Russia and the reduction of their numbers, there were proposals to train military financiers in civilian universities, although such attempts were rejected by life itself back in the 20s of the last century. They came, as a rule, from some reformers who, apparently, did not understand that the Armed Forces are a specific state body designed to ensure the security of the country. And the Military Faculty has always trained personnel to organize the financial support of the troops and fleet forces, not only in the conditions of their real deployment, but also in the conditions of their employment, and, if necessary, personal participation in hostilities, where the use of civilian specialists is virtually impossible.

In the era of "privatization", or simply - the taking away of state, including army property, the Military Finance and Economics Department turned out to be a tasty morsel for some representatives of the new Russian elite, who were alien to the issues of training specialists of this profile, they were interested in personal selfish goals. From attempts to seize property under the guise of various far-fetched reorganizations, employees of the Military Faculty fought back more than once.

When reforming the system of military education in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 13, 1998, the Military Financial and Economic University was established as part of the Military Faculty of Finance and Economics and the Yaroslavl Higher Military Financial School as a branch. This decision was intended to create a multi-level educational and scientific complex, to form a unified systematic approach to the training of financial and economic service personnel. This association marked the beginning of one of the most productive periods of activity. In a short period of time there have been major changes in the educational process. New technologies have been introduced, the quality of scientific work has improved, the qualifications and potential of the teaching staff have grown, which has had a positive impact on the professional level of graduates.

One of the main ones remained the Department of Finance and Banking Management in the Armed Forces. Its representatives were attracted to conduct classes even in other universities. Lectures on the problems of the defense budget were given annually at the Academy of the General Staff. Textbooks and monographs, dozens of manuals were prepared here, more than 70 dissertations were defended, various research and operational tasks were carried out.

Back in 1977, the department of financial and economic activity management and control (organization of the financial service and control) stood out from the Department of Finance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to strengthen the practical orientation of training students, the first head of which was Colonel Yu. Chernov. It taught disciplines of an applied nature - they prepared students for work as heads of the financial service of formations and structural divisions of the district and army level. Under the guidance of the Financial Inspectorate of the Central Federal University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the first textbook on financial control was prepared here.

The Department of Management of Economics and Accounting and Analytical Activities in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Economics of the Armed Forces) was also unique in its kind, which, being relatively young, under the leadership of the first head of the Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor G. Zhukov, clearly declared itself. The country's first textbook on military-economic analysis was published here, which immediately began to be in high demand both in universities and in research institutions of the Ministry of Defense. Disciplines appeared for the first time: military-economic analysis, military-financial informatics. Since 2000, by decision of the Minister of Defense, EP engineers-economists with higher military education have been trained here. Its 2002-2006 graduates had a significant impact on the development of industry and the current state of the state defense order management system. Until now, the textbook "Prices and Pricing", published by the department in 1985, is the only one in the country.

The university scientists R. Farmazyan, A. Pozharov, N. Abrosimov, S. Ermakov, V. Zhikharev, G. Zhukov, S. Vikulov and others invested a lot of work in the development of the scientific foundations of the military economy.

During these years, the University has become an intellectual center of key competencies in planning and financing the State Defense Order, R&D economics, pricing management for defense products, cost accounting and analysis, and intellectual property management. All these important areas were studied at the department.

Today, the problems accumulated over the past ten years in the above areas of activity can pose a very serious threat to the implementation of the 2017-2019 state defense order. But there is no one and nowhere to train specialized specialists.

An instructive example: to strengthen research in the field of economics and finance of the Armed Forces, a research center for military-economic justifications worked at the university under the leadership of Colonel A. Batkovsky. It has completed about 50 research papers, more than 170 operational tasks, prepared eight monographs and manuals on a wide range of financial and economic problems. We began to regularly publish the scientific journal "Bulletin of the Military Financial and Economic University", which published articles on the most topical issues of economics and finance.

In 2002, a museum was built, equipped with advanced technologies for storing and demonstrating historical information and archival materials. Scheduled classes were held here with students, excursions for families of military personnel, students of civilian universities and schoolchildren, significant dates and the Days of Russia's military glory were celebrated. The museum and the work "Military Financial and Economic Service of Russia" were awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov.

The staff of the Military Finance and Economics Faculty has always kept pace with the times. He performed the tasks of the financial service based on the geopolitical situation, prepared and educated officers devoted to the interests of the cause. Over the years, about 7,500 military specialists have been trained for the Ministry of Defense, Internal Troops, the Federal Border Service, and other law enforcement agencies, more than 10,000 officers have been retrained and advanced their skills.

An objective assessment of the work was its accreditation. According to the results of an external examination conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science in 2005, the Military Financial and Economic University was among the top 10 percent of Russian universities (including civilian ones) in all key indicators. Graduates successfully completed the tasks of financial support for the Soviet troops temporarily deployed in Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, and other regions. Many took part in military operations and peacekeeping operations in Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan, the Chechen Republic, Yugoslavia, Abkhazia, Transnistria. Often, while serving in hot spots, they had to engage in armed clashes, protecting finances and other valuables from being seized by militants. To carry out, along with professional duties, the tasks of escorting and protecting military columns, to take personal part in hostilities together with other military personnel, while showing courage and heroism. Lieutenant General V. Zastavnyuk, Colonels E. Polunichev and Y. Efimov were awarded the Order of Military Merit for managing the financial support of military operations in Dagestan and Chechnya. Colonel Efimov, in addition, was awarded the Order of Courage. Participants in the hostilities were awarded for military work: A. Ulyanchuk, I. Semenikhin, V. Kirillov, B. Belotserkovsky, O. Belenko, A. Borisov and many others.

Often performing tasks in hot spots, graduates had to organize social security for the civilian population, participate in the stabilization of the financial and economic system of the regions. A striking example: in 2014, after the coup d'état in Ukraine, the economic terror organized in Crimea, the blockade of the banking and treasury systems, deprivation of the population's livelihood, the financial service of the Black Sea Fleet was able to quickly and combatively carry out, without exaggeration to say, a rescue financial and economic operation. As a result, more than two billion rubles were saved for the fleet and the state, which were on the accounts of the Bank of Ukraine, hundreds of millions of hryvnias were secretly collected from the garrisons and converted into rubles. Together with the officers of the field branches of the bank, a huge amount of cash was brought from the mainland for the Pension Fund, the Russian Post, credit, financial and other organizations of Crimea. When it was impossible to pay monetary allowances and wages in a non-cash manner using plastic cards, they were promptly issued in cash with a significant increase in the number of the fleet. First of all, thanks to the officers of the financial service, it was possible to bring the salary project to a working state in the shortest possible time through a new servicing banking institution. All this greatly contributed to the economic stabilization of the Crimea and the social protection of its population.

There is someone to be proud of

Among our graduates are 124 generals, 27 doctors of sciences and professors, three honored workers of science of the Russian Federation, seven laureates of the State Prize. Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov, 59 Honored Economists of the Russian Federation, 13 officers awarded the badge "For excellent success in work in the field of higher education of the USSR", three honorary workers of higher professional education of the country.

Life has shown that university graduates are in great demand even after their discharge from military service. They have occupied and continue to occupy worthy positions in the presidential administration and control department, the governments of Russia and Moscow, the Accounts Chamber, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and other authorities. A graduate of the university in 2005, a gold medalist, Colonel of the Reserve D. Aristov, today is the director of the Federal Bailiff Service. A graduate of 2002, Colonel of the Reserve S. Yemelyanov, Director of the Aviation Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The position of the first deputy head of the Moscow Department of Finance, head of the city treasury is occupied by reserve colonel E. Menshov. The financial and economic bodies of the Departments of Health and Education in Moscow are headed by reserve colonels V. Pavlov and O. Yakovlev. Officers S. Averichev and Yu. Fedorov previously served in the Presidential Control Directorate. Military financiers A. Matyunin, A. Skobelev, I. Oshchipkov and P. Romashkan are successfully working here today. In the Defense Expenditure Control Department of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, which was headed by the auditor A. Piskunov, more than 85 percent of the inspectors were university graduates. Many have become major leaders in the banking system of the state. So, the head of the Far Eastern Main Department of the Bank of Russia is S. Belov, the first deputy head of the Main Department of the Bank of Russia for the Central Federal District is V. Knysh. The Field Institutions Department of the Bank of Russia is headed by O. Belenko. A. Belenko, Head of the Belgorod branch of the Main Branch of the Bank of Russia for the Central Federal District. Our graduates manage almost all financial bodies of the Armed Forces of the states of the post-Soviet space. Many remain true to the chosen path, continuing to work in the defense structures of the state, the defense industry, heading research institutes, factories, financial departments, and pricing departments.

With great respect and pride, today we remember the heads of the Military Faculty - participants in the Great Patriotic War, Generals N. Naydenov, V. Krishkevich, I. Ryzhkov, V. Selikh, V. Burs, V. Semenikov, M. Polishchuk, who made a significant contribution in the development and improvement of the activities of the educational institution, the training of worthy personnel for the financial service.

The authority of the Military University and the military school is evidenced by visits by the President of the country, twice by the Prime Ministers of Russia and the Minister of Defense. Even more elite educational institutions were not awarded such attention and honor.

Unfortunately, in 2009 and 2010, the Military Financial and Economic Academy in Yaroslavl and the Military Financial and Economic Institute, we repeat, were disbanded. This step is regarded by many army and navy veterans, especially university graduates, as anti-state, aimed at undermining the economy and the combat readiness of the Armed Forces, the country's defense capability. It seems that the current leadership of the two Ministries - Defense and Finance will come to the conclusion that without such a unique educational institution it is impossible to effectively resolve the issues of using budgetary funds for the country's defense.

I congratulate everyone who cares about the Military Finance and Economics University (Military Finance and Economics Faculty at the MFI) on the holiday, I wish you health, well-being and success in life. I am convinced that we have the right to be proud of the work done for the benefit of the Armed Forces.