The Riga Higher Military Political School named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Biryuzov[1] (Russian: Рижское высшее военно-политическое Краснознамённое училище имени Маршала Советского Союза С. С. Бирюзова; Latvian: S. Birjuzova Rīgas Augstākā politiskā karaskola) was a military academy in the Soviet Union located in the capital of the Latvian SSR, the city of Riga. In the years it existed, it trained military personnel in a number of specializations from its headquarters on Ezermalas Street.