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Mikhnevich Nikolai Petrovich

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MihnevichNikolay Petrovich [7 ( 19) .10.1849 - 8/2/1927, Leningrad], Russian military theorist and historian, General of Infantry (1910). Of the nobility of the Tambov province. He graduated from the Provincial Land Survey Institute (1867), Aleksandrovskoe Military College (1869). He served in the Guard, took part in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78. He graduated from General Staff Academy (1882). Since 1892 professor of the history of Russian military art of the Academy of the General Staff in 1904-07 Head of the General Staff Academy. In 1907-10 commanded a division and corps in 1911-17 Chief of General Staff, in April 1917 dismissed. Since 1918 the Red Army in the teaching profession, including at the Artillery Academy (1919-25). In his writings came from supra-class notions of war and the army, but also include military science among the social. Attempt to discover the dependence of war and military art of the degree of economic and political system of the state. Idealistic considering the principles of military art as "eternal", MI, at the same time recognize the objective and the variability of forces, means and forms of struggle and a decisive influence on the course and outcome of the war, as that is about., Inconsistent materialist, eclectic. The main work "The Strategy" (Books 1-2, 1899-1901), which went through 3 editions, had a great influence on the official military thought of Russia on the eve of 1 st World War, 1914-18.
Vol.: Impact of the latest technical innovations in the tactics of troops, UPB, 1893; value of Germanic-French War 1870-1871 in the history of war, v. 1, St. Petersburg, 1892; history of military art from ancient times to the beginning of the XIX century., 2 edition . St. Petersburg. 1896; war between Germany and France 1870-71., Critical-historical study, part 1, St. Petersburg, 1897; basis of Russian military art. Comparative sketch of military science in Russia and Western Europe in the major historical eras, UPB, 1898; Jurisprudence and accuracy of its findings, UPB, 1899.