May 7 in Russia celebrates the Day of the signalman and specialist of the radio engineering services of the Navy
On May 7, communications specialists and specialists of the radio technical service (RTS) of the Russian Navy celebrate their professional holiday. This holiday was first celebrated in Russia in 1996, after the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation established by his order a list of holidays and professional days for the Russian Navy. It is symbolic that the telecommunications sailors and specialists of the RTS naval fleet celebrate their holiday on Radio Day, which is annually celebrated on May 7 by employees of all communications sectors.
The beginning of the training of radio specialists for the Russian fleet can be attributed to the 1900 year, largely due to the activities of the well-known Russian scientist and inventor A. S. Popov. Already in those years, the task of not just mass equipping ships with communications equipment began to emerge, but it also arose the logical need to train personnel in the combat use of new communications equipment, their proper operation and repair. At the direction of the Main Maritime Headquarters of Russia in Kronstadt, under the Mine Officer Class, the first two-week courses on wireless telegraphy appeared. The curriculum for these courses, which included lectures and practical exercises, was compiled personally by A. S. Popov.
Great assistance to Popov, not only in the release of the first Russian samples of radio equipment and the equipping of warships with them, but also in the training of specialists for the fleet was given by the Vice-Admiral S. O. Makarov, the chief commander of the Kronstadt port. Improving the tactics of using radio communications, as well as the emergence in our country of radio intelligence, direction finding and radio interception, is also associated with the name of this person. The Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905 fully confirmed the need for radio communications in the fleet, showing that one of the reasons for the defeat of the Russian fleet was the lack of a full-fledged organization of combat command and control of ships. It is no coincidence that by the end of 1907, the Maritime Department introduced the Regulation on the radio-telegraph part, and in 1909, the Communication Service was created in Russia, which was able to effectively manage the fleet. This was confirmed by the events of the First World War.
At that time, the Kronstadt Mine School prepared telegraphists for the Baltic Fleet, the Amur and Siberian Flotillas, and the Sevastopol Fleet School for the Black Sea Fleet. The first independent educational institution in the Russian fleet, intended for the training of radio specialists, the Radio Engineering School was opened in the autumn of 1916 on the White Sea. By the time the revolution began, the school had managed to prepare 48 radio telegraphists for both the ships of the Arctic Ocean and the coastal service. During the years of the civil war in Russia, the training of radio engineering specialists of all levels for the needs of the fleet was almost completely curtailed.
With the end of the civil war and the revival of the navy, now the USSR, the training of ordinary radio communications specialists began again in the country. In 1921-1922, they were trained in the Baltic Fleet Training and Mine Detachment in Kronstadt, which was renamed the Elektrominnuy School from 1922, as well as in the Second Joint School of the Black Sea Fleet Training Detachment located in Sevastopol. For the successes and achievements in the training of radio specialists for the needs of the Soviet fleet of the Kronstadt Elektrominnoy school in 1925, the name was given to the famous Russian physicist, electrical engineer, inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov. In 1937, this school was no longer engaged in the training of specialists in the mine business, going on to train exclusively radio specialists of various profiles for all the flotilla and fleets of the Soviet Union.
Many graduates of this school bravely passed all the trials of the Great Patriotic War, fighting the enemy in the Baltic and Black Sea fleets, keeping a watch on ships that were met by Allied caravans in the Barents Sea. During the war years, the Far East, which was removed from the theater of operations, became the center for training junior specialists in the radio engineering service. The Pacific Fleet Communication School was established here, which was engaged in the training of communications personnel for the needs of all the operating fleets and flotilla of the Soviet Union.
The main tasks of the Navy’s radio engineering service are organization and management of the fleet situation lighting system and carrying out activities for its development, preparation of proposals for improving the information support for fleet management processes, creating and ensuring uninterrupted operation of the unified state system for lighting the surface and underwater situation (EGSONPO). The radio engineering service of the Russian Navy also performs other tasks that are stipulated by the RF regulatory acts, decrees and orders of the RF President, directives and orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the RF Armed Forces, directives and orders of the RF Defense Minister, directives and directives of the Armed Forces command of the navy.
The role of communication can hardly be overestimated in the modern armed forces, especially in the fleet, where the success of an assigned combat task can often depend on how accurately and efficiently the necessary information is exchanged. In this case, the distance between the ships in the open ocean can be thousands of miles. The coherence of the actions of any combination of warships is largely ensured precisely by the presence of a stable connection and the reliability of the work of sophisticated radio equipment installed on modern warships. The special importance of the role of communications and radio equipment in the modern world is also emphasized by the fact that one of the tasks of this and other services of the Navy today is to protect their own radio systems and channels from outside influences, as well as simultaneous efforts to disrupt the uninterrupted the work of similar systems in a potential adversary. In order to improve the activities of the radio engineering service of the Russian Navy, it regularly conducts training sessions and exercises for existing radio engineering units.
Until 2010, in Petergof (Leningrad Region), there was a higher military educational institution that trained specialists in radio electronics for the needs of the Russian Navy - the Higher Naval School of Radio Electronics named after AS Popov. This institution of higher education was the first independent military institution in our country engaged in the preparation of highly qualified specialists in communications and radio engineering for the Russian fleet. 1 July 2012, after the merger of the Naval Engineering Institute with the Naval Institute of Radio Electronics named after A. Popov, the Naval Polytechnic Institute was founded, the corps of which are located in Peterhof and Pushkin.
On this day, "Military Review" congratulates all communications professionals and radio engineering services (RTS) specialists of the Navy of the USSR and Russia. Anyone who was once associated with these specialties and those who still carries out their service in the Russian navy.
The beginning of the training of radio specialists for the Russian fleet can be attributed to the 1900 year, largely due to the activities of the well-known Russian scientist and inventor A. S. Popov. Already in those years, the task of not just mass equipping ships with communications equipment began to emerge, but it also arose the logical need to train personnel in the combat use of new communications equipment, their proper operation and repair. At the direction of the Main Maritime Headquarters of Russia in Kronstadt, under the Mine Officer Class, the first two-week courses on wireless telegraphy appeared. The curriculum for these courses, which included lectures and practical exercises, was compiled personally by A. S. Popov.
Great assistance to Popov, not only in the release of the first Russian samples of radio equipment and the equipping of warships with them, but also in the training of specialists for the fleet was given by the Vice-Admiral S. O. Makarov, the chief commander of the Kronstadt port. Improving the tactics of using radio communications, as well as the emergence in our country of radio intelligence, direction finding and radio interception, is also associated with the name of this person. The Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905 fully confirmed the need for radio communications in the fleet, showing that one of the reasons for the defeat of the Russian fleet was the lack of a full-fledged organization of combat command and control of ships. It is no coincidence that by the end of 1907, the Maritime Department introduced the Regulation on the radio-telegraph part, and in 1909, the Communication Service was created in Russia, which was able to effectively manage the fleet. This was confirmed by the events of the First World War.
At that time, the Kronstadt Mine School prepared telegraphists for the Baltic Fleet, the Amur and Siberian Flotillas, and the Sevastopol Fleet School for the Black Sea Fleet. The first independent educational institution in the Russian fleet, intended for the training of radio specialists, the Radio Engineering School was opened in the autumn of 1916 on the White Sea. By the time the revolution began, the school had managed to prepare 48 radio telegraphists for both the ships of the Arctic Ocean and the coastal service. During the years of the civil war in Russia, the training of radio engineering specialists of all levels for the needs of the fleet was almost completely curtailed.
With the end of the civil war and the revival of the navy, now the USSR, the training of ordinary radio communications specialists began again in the country. In 1921-1922, they were trained in the Baltic Fleet Training and Mine Detachment in Kronstadt, which was renamed the Elektrominnuy School from 1922, as well as in the Second Joint School of the Black Sea Fleet Training Detachment located in Sevastopol. For the successes and achievements in the training of radio specialists for the needs of the Soviet fleet of the Kronstadt Elektrominnoy school in 1925, the name was given to the famous Russian physicist, electrical engineer, inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov. In 1937, this school was no longer engaged in the training of specialists in the mine business, going on to train exclusively radio specialists of various profiles for all the flotilla and fleets of the Soviet Union.
Many graduates of this school bravely passed all the trials of the Great Patriotic War, fighting the enemy in the Baltic and Black Sea fleets, keeping a watch on ships that were met by Allied caravans in the Barents Sea. During the war years, the Far East, which was removed from the theater of operations, became the center for training junior specialists in the radio engineering service. The Pacific Fleet Communication School was established here, which was engaged in the training of communications personnel for the needs of all the operating fleets and flotilla of the Soviet Union.
The main tasks of the Navy’s radio engineering service are organization and management of the fleet situation lighting system and carrying out activities for its development, preparation of proposals for improving the information support for fleet management processes, creating and ensuring uninterrupted operation of the unified state system for lighting the surface and underwater situation (EGSONPO). The radio engineering service of the Russian Navy also performs other tasks that are stipulated by the RF regulatory acts, decrees and orders of the RF President, directives and orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the RF Armed Forces, directives and orders of the RF Defense Minister, directives and directives of the Armed Forces command of the navy.
The role of communication can hardly be overestimated in the modern armed forces, especially in the fleet, where the success of an assigned combat task can often depend on how accurately and efficiently the necessary information is exchanged. In this case, the distance between the ships in the open ocean can be thousands of miles. The coherence of the actions of any combination of warships is largely ensured precisely by the presence of a stable connection and the reliability of the work of sophisticated radio equipment installed on modern warships. The special importance of the role of communications and radio equipment in the modern world is also emphasized by the fact that one of the tasks of this and other services of the Navy today is to protect their own radio systems and channels from outside influences, as well as simultaneous efforts to disrupt the uninterrupted the work of similar systems in a potential adversary. In order to improve the activities of the radio engineering service of the Russian Navy, it regularly conducts training sessions and exercises for existing radio engineering units.
Until 2010, in Petergof (Leningrad Region), there was a higher military educational institution that trained specialists in radio electronics for the needs of the Russian Navy - the Higher Naval School of Radio Electronics named after AS Popov. This institution of higher education was the first independent military institution in our country engaged in the preparation of highly qualified specialists in communications and radio engineering for the Russian fleet. 1 July 2012, after the merger of the Naval Engineering Institute with the Naval Institute of Radio Electronics named after A. Popov, the Naval Polytechnic Institute was founded, the corps of which are located in Peterhof and Pushkin.
On this day, "Military Review" congratulates all communications professionals and radio engineering services (RTS) specialists of the Navy of the USSR and Russia. Anyone who was once associated with these specialties and those who still carries out their service in the Russian navy.
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