Nakhimov Higher Naval School (Sevastopol)

The Admiral Nakhimov Higher Naval School is a higher naval education institution of Russia which prepares future officers for the Russian Navy. It was created in the basis of both the Black Sea Red Banner Higher Naval Institute "Admiral Pavel Nakhimov" and the Higher Naval Engineer Institute of Sevastopol.

Black Sea Higher Naval Institute
The Black Sea Higher Naval Institute of Nakhimov was created in 1937 as the 2nd Naval Institute. The institute was built on an open lot that since the start of the World War I had been used for coastal artillery training. The first enrolled students was conducted at the end of summer of 1937. Classes were held outdoor and in unfinished buildings. At first the cadets lived in tents that were established on a sea coast and later the "Ochakiv" steamship.

Higher Naval Engineer Institute
The Higher Naval Engineer Institute in Sevastopol was established in 1951 on the resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. The institute was established on the basis of the former Black Sea Naval Cadet School that was established on July 23, 1915.

Ukraine
The institute was created on August 19, 1992 on the resolution of the Cabinet of Ukraine as the Sevastopol Nakhimov Naval Institute. On September 17, 1994, by the directive of the Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel General Anatoliy Lopata, a command faculty was created in the school to train officers at the operational-tactical level. On October 8, 1994, the Battle Banner was awarded to the Sevastopol Naval Institute.

In 2009 the naval institute was renamed the Nakhimov Naval Academy.

Since 2014
In 2014, after the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, some of Academy's faculty and students were transferred to Odesa continuing instruction and their education at the Naval Faculty of the Odesa National Maritime Academy (Maritime College of Technical Fleet). At the same time, the name of the Sevastopol institution was restored as the Black Sea Red Banner Higher Naval School "Admiral Pavel Nakhimov", functioning again as a Russian Navy officer commissioning educational institution.

On September 1, 2022, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the school was awarded the Order of Nakhimov. The award was presented by Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov.