It's semantics. :)
Anyway, why would you translate "училище" as "academy"? They are different things, or at least they are different names: there are ВВМУ - "naval schools", and ВВМА - "naval...
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It's semantics. :)
Anyway, why would you translate "училище" as "academy"? They are different things, or at least they are different names: there are ВВМУ - "naval schools", and ВВМА - "naval...
"ВВМУ" is an abbreviation to "Высшее военно-морское училище", so it says "(Higher) Naval School named after Frunze" (this is a cadet's cap).
Mikhail Frunze:...
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