Nikolai Nikolayevich Obruchev

Nikolai Nikolayevich Obruchev

Nikolai Nikolaevich Obruchev , Russian Николай Николаевич Обручев , (* November 21 ^{. Jul} / 3. December  1830 ^greg. In Saint Petersburg or Warsaw ; † June 25 ^jul. / 8. July  1904 ^greg. In Périgueux ) was a Russian general.

Life

Obruchev joined the army in 1848, devoted himself from the beginning with particular zeal and success to military science and published his first work as early as 1850: An attempt at a history of the art of war in Russia . In 1852 he was assigned to the Nikolai Academy of the General Staff for further scientific training, in 1853 published an overview of the handwritten and printed monuments relating to the history of the art of war up to 1725 , became professor adjunct in 1856 and professor in 1857 of military statistics at the Nikolai Academy and in 1861 a member of the learned military committee. In 1866 he was awarded with promotion to major general the post of chairman of this committee and was on the army organization, the editors of the rules for the conscription and the drafting of provisions on the Empire Landwehr and the replacement, local and reserve troops prominent part. In 1871 he became general à la suite of the emperor and in 1873 lieutenant general . His statistical work Wojenno-statistitscheskij Ssbornik, published by him in 1874, is valuable .

In the Russo-Turkish War Obruchev was assigned to the General Staff of the Caucasus Army under Grand Duke Michael and, through his order , brought about the victory on Aladja Dagh (October 15, 1877) for the bypassing movement carried out by Lasarev . In 1878 he was appointed adjutant general and in 1881 by the new war minister Wannowski appointed chief of the general staff. As a Pan-Slavist, Obruchev was a fierce opponent of Germany and an ardent representative of the alliance with France. From 1890 to 1892 he was one of the negotiators of the secret Russian-French military agreement that both powers signed on August 17, 1892. He also convinced Nicholas II not to intervene in the First Sino-Japanese War from 1894 to 1895. In 1897 he was dismissed for health reasons and promoted to a member of the Reichsrat. He died in France on July 8, 1904 at the age of 73.

literature

• Obruchev, Nikolai Nikolayevich . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon , 4th edition 1885-92, 12th vol., P. 307 ( online )

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