 Many who graduated at the time fought in the Eastern Front, including in the Battle of Moscow in 1941 and the Siege of Leningrad in 1943.On March 28, 1957, the banners of the school, which were previously stored in the Central Museum of the Soviet Army, were delivered to the school from Moscow.By July 1970, the school was exporting its students to other Soviet universities, as well as importing cadets from other cadet schools, which would later make up the 1st Cadet Battalion.