Ivan Bohun Military High School


The Ivan Bohun Military High School is an educational military institution located in Kiev, Ukraine.

History

Soviet Era

It was founded in 1943 as the Kharkov Suvorov Military School and was relocated to Kiev in 1947. It was originally located on the Seversky Donets at Kharkov's Lenin Square

Independence

On 19 August 1992, when Ukraine became independent, the school was officially renamed the Kiev Military High School. This was done by decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Since 1993, it has had a three-year training period. On 4 October 1994, the Kiev Military Lyceum was awarded the Battle Flag of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On 1 June 1998, the Kiev Military High School was renamed after Ivan Bohun. In 2001, the lyceum was awarded a diploma of the Golden Fortune International Open Rating of popularity and quality. In 2003, the lyceum was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. On 25 July 2005, by order of the head of the Main Directorate of Education and Science of the Kiev City Council, No. 196, it was recognized with certified honors. On 24 January 2019, the monument to Alexander Suvorov, erected in front of the building of the former school in 1974, was demolished. In September of that gear, the first female cadets of the school were admitted.

Heads of the School

The Military Band of the Ivan Bohun Military High School is intended for the musical support of conducting military ceremonies, laying wreaths to the monuments and graves of soldiers, and parades of cadets. The creative activity of the collective is primarily aimed at the spiritual and patriotic development of military high school students and the revival and development of the national culture of Ukraine. Each year, about 170 events are carried out according to the plan of the school administration. It is multi-genre creative group of 20 performers on wind and percussion instruments. The band works in tandem with the Band of the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies.

Traditions

As part of the military-patriotic education of youth, the personnel involved in the lyceum: