Fundamentals of Russian military art. Mikhnevich N.P.

Nikolai Petrovich Mikhnevich - an outstanding military theorist and historian, general from infantry (1910). A native of the nobles of the Tambov province. He graduated from the Konstantinovsky Survey Institute (1867) and the Alexander Military School (1869). Served in the guard; He participated in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878, where he commanded a company. In 1882 he graduated from the Academy of the General Staff. In 1890-1895 He was the chief of staff of the 1st Guards Cavalry Division. Since 1892-Professor of the Department of History of the Russian Military Art of the Academy of the General Staff, in 1904-1907. - Head of the Academy. Since 1907 he commanded infantry divisions, and since 1910-the 5th Army Corps. In 1911 he was appointed chief of the Main Staff of the Russian Imperial Army and remained in this post for almost the entire World War I. After the October Revolution of 1917, he entered the Red Army; He taught at the first Petrograd artillery courses, at the artillery academy.

In his works, N.P. Mikhnevich considered various aspects of military science, including the influence of the latest technical inventions on military tactics, the significance of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. In the history of military art, the state of military art in various historical eras in Western Europe and Russia. He studied the dependence of wars and military art on the degree of development of the economy and the political system of states, while considering the principles of military art as “eternal”, but recognizing the objectivity and variability of forces, means and conditions of struggle and their decisive influence on the course and outcome of the war. The main work of N.P. Mikhnevich “Strategy” (1899-1901; in 2 book) withstood several publications and had a great influence on the official military thought of Russia on the eve of the First World War of 1914-1918.