In 1986, the school was renamed by the Ministry of Education to 'Boarding School for students studying Russian and increased military training'.[4][5] On October 28, 1991, the school was transferred from the Ministry of Education to Ministry of Defense by decree No. 65 and on November 18, 1991 was renamed to "Baku secondary school Jamshid Nakhchivanski" by Presidential decree No. 377. It was then renamed again by Heydar Aliyev to "Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum" on November 24, 1997.[6]