Academy of Foreign Intelligence
Identification
This record matches the Academy of Foreign Intelligence (AVR), the SVR’s higher special educational institution. SVR states that the academy trains and upgrades officers for the Foreign Intelligence Service and other special services; open registries and investigative reporting associate the academy with military unit 21247. ([svr.gov.ru](https://svr.gov.ru/pressburo/vopros6.htm?utm_source=openai))
Main footprint
Open-source municipal and utility records place v/ch 21247 in the Mytishchi/Chelobityevo area of Moscow Oblast, aligning with longstanding open reporting that the academy’s main complex is in the Chelobityevo-Nagornoye area. The unit’s Moscow legal registration should therefore not be read as the physical campus location. ([mytyshi.ru](https://mytyshi.ru/files/2023/08/09/12.07.2023%20%D0%A0%D0%95%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%A0%20%D0%9A%D0%9F%202023%20%D0%9F%D0%9E%D0%94%D0%9F%D0%98%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%9D%D0%AB%D0%99.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Yurlovo site
The supplied placemark at 55.9136N, 37.2498E most plausibly corresponds to a secondary academy-linked site in or near Yurlovo. Dossier Center identified an SVR Academy object in Yurlovo at 55.913624, 37.250288, and a Rosseti Moscow Region schedule separately lists v/ch 21247 Yurlovo, corroborating a Yurlovo-associated facility. Russian official sources reviewed here do not publicly label that specific site as a training center, so the training-center attribution should be treated as likely, not fully confirmed. ([my.ua](https://my.ua/news/cluster/2021-11-16-svr-rossii-voiskovye-chasti?utm_source=openai))
Mission
SVR’s official description presents the academy as a higher special educational institution responsible for training, advanced training, and research/methodological work for SVR and other special-service personnel. TASS reported that the institution traces its lineage to the Special Purpose School established on October 3, 1938, and an official SVR publication in September 2025 referred to the academy as bearing Yuri Andropov’s name. ([svr.gov.ru](https://svr.gov.ru/pressburo/vopros6.htm?utm_source=openai))
Geographic relevance
The Yurlovo-linked site sits on the Pyatnitskoye Highway corridor in the Khimki area on Moscow’s northwestern approaches. Regional reporting in August 2025 said the new exit from Yurlovo to Khimki, linking Pyatnitskoye Highway to its future duplicate, was over 60% complete, indicating improving road access between the site area and Moscow. Open sources cited here do not publicly confirm the internal layout, permanent unit mix, or specific training installations at the Yurlovo compound. ([interfax-russia.ru](https://www.interfax-russia.ru/center/novosti-podmoskovya/gotovnost-novogo-vyezda-iz-yurlovo-v-himkah-zaversheno-bolee-chem-na-60?utm_source=openai))