Austria-Hungary On October 1, 1899, on the territory of the present Academy, the opening of the Imperial and Royal School of Cadets in Lviv (K. und k. Infanterie Kadettenschule in
Lemberg) was held. This facility was the only one in Galicia and the sixteenth military academy in Austria-Hungary. Graduates of the institution received the title "Kadet-Deputy Officer". In 1914, the school was evacuated to
Austria. Among the outstanding graduates were Colonel Hnat Stefaniv, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Bizantz, and
Ataman Boguslav Shashkevich, who played an important role during the
Ukrainian War of Independence.
Second Polish Republic After the
Aster Revolution led to the collapse of
Austria-Hungary, the complex of buildings was abandoned. In 1921, the Polish Cadet Corps No. 1 (in 1935 renamed as the
Józef Piłsudski Cadet Corps) was relocated there from
Kraków. The
German invasion forced the Polish command in September 1939 to evacuate the Cadet Corps No. 3 from
Rawicz to
Lviv. However, in connection with the offensive of the
Red Army, it was not possible to start classes. After the accession of
Western Ukrainian lands to the
Ukrainian SSR, the Soviet authorities disbanded the educational institution.
Soviet Union From the end of September to November 14, 1939, the headquarters of the Ukrainian Front were stationed in the premises of the former Cadet Corps. After its disbandment, the Lviv Infantry School of the Red Army was relocated to Ostroh a year later. From December 1940 to March 1941, training buildings were on the street. Kadetsky, 32, became the place of the disposition of the 15th motorized artillery brigade. In March 1941, it replaced the 32nd Tank Division of the
4th Mechanized Corps of the Red Army. During the
German occupation of the current Academy, there was a military hospital, and from the end of July 1944 until the spring of 1947, a Soviet military hospital. In 1947, a school, which in various locations had trained about 11,000 police officers, moved to Lviv and became the Lviv Military-Political School (for some time, it was named after
Nikolay Shchors), occupying the territory of the cadet corps barracks. The facility trained officers for service in the editorial boards of the military media and cultural and educational institutions of the Soviet Armed Forces. In 1962, the Lviv military-political school was transformed into a higher one. On April 30, 1975, by the decree of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Lviv higher military-political school was awarded the
Order of the Red Star. In 1978, for services in increasing the combat readiness of the armed forces of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the LVVPU was awarded the Order of the Red Star of the
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. During the years of Soviet rule, the school gained experience in training officer personnel for the armed forces of foreign powers. After gaining the status of a higher education institution at a special faculty in August 1971, servicemen from more than 20 countries of
Eastern Europe,
Asia,
Africa, and
Latin America studied there and gained experience in political education and military culture.
Ukraine of the National Ground Forces Academy. With
Ukraine regaining its independence, the creation of its own Armed Forces begins a new page in the history of the Lviv Military Institute. On October 8, 1993, based on Lviv Higher Military School and military departments of civil higher educational institutions of Lviv, a new type of military educational establishment was created which was the first in Ukraine to be closely integrated with the system of civilian higher education, in particular with the National University "Lviv Polytechnic". This integration implemented the fundamental principle of the Concept of Military Education in Ukraine, established by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of December 15, 1997, which states that "military education is integrated into the state system of education based on a unified Legislative and regulatory framework ". In close integration with the civil university, the Lviv Military Institute began to train officers from fifteen specialties in 1993, including "Combat application of mechanized units", "Combat application of aeromobile (parachute-landing) units" (cadets of these specialties were transferred to the
Odesa Military Academy in 1995), as well as on specialties "Financial support and economy of combat and economic activity of troops", "Jurisprudence", etc. On November 18, 2000, for the great successes in training qualified specialists for the Ukrainian army and on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the training of officers in
Galicia, the President
Leonid Kuchma granted the academy the honorific title "Hetman
Petro Sagaidachny" and awarded it the Diploma of Honor. By decree of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated May 26, 2005, No. 381, the educational institution was reorganized into the Lviv Institute of Land Forces, and since September 1, 2006, it has trained military specialists in all specialties of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On September 30, 2006, the Institute was visited by President
Viktor Yushchenko, who highly assessed the organization of training officers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On September 1, 2009, it was transformed into the Ground Forces Academy "Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi", mandated to form both officers and non-commissioned personnel of the Ground Forces. On September 21, 2015, President
Petro Poroshenko ordered that the academy be granted the status of a National Academy and removed its Order of the Red Star. Two alumni of the academy were killed in the
Anti-Terrorist Operation. As of December 2024, 56 graduates of the academy have been awarded the title
Hero of Ukraine. ==Academics==