Pacific Higher Naval School

The Makarov Pacific Higher Naval School (Russian: Тихоокеанское высшее военно-морское училище имени С. О. Макарова, romanized: Tikhookeanskoye vyssheye voyenno-morskoye uchilishche imeni S. O. Makarova) is one of the Russian Navy's two higher educational institutions under the Ministry of Defense of Russia, with this school being located in Vladivostok in Eastern Russia, the only naval educational institution in this region. It serves as a naval officer commissioning school for officers in the Pacific Fleet. It is named after the accomplished Russian oceanographer and commander of the Imperial Russian Navy, Vice-Admiral Stepan Makarov.

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