Military historical commissions

It was created in 1879 at the General Staff . In 1886, the compilation of a description of the war in the Caucasian Theater was transferred to the military-historical department of the headquarters of the Caucasian military district . In 1897, 3 volumes were prepared for publication, but Minister of War P.S. Vannovsky rejected the manuscript because of the criticism contained in it against the Russian command. In 1911, the Military Historical Commission completed its work and was liquidated.

In total for 1898-1913 were published:

• "Description of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 on the Balkan Peninsula", 1901-16, in 9 vols. (14 books, about 400 printed pages) with an atlas;
• “Special Addition” (v. 1-6, 1899-1911; diplomatic documents, correspondence of the emperor with the commander in chief and general E.I. Totleben , classified materials on the war plan, reports of military agents ), not subject to publication.

It was created in 1906 under the General Directorate of the General Staff . Major General V.I. Gurko, a participant in the war, was appointed its chairman. The commission included: Colonels Rerberg F.P., Ilinsky S.P., Minutes V.N., Khvostov A.M., Adaridi K.M. , Simansky P.N., Grulev M.V. , Sivers N N., engineer-colonel Schwartz A.V. , Baron N.A. Korf - head of the cartographic section and Colonel K.K. Agafonov - head of office management, archiving and printing.

By the beginning of 1910, the work was completed, and during 1910 the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 was published in 9 volumes and with an atlas:

• Volume 1. “The situation before the war” (author - Colonel Simansky P.N.)
• Volume 2. (2 books). The first period:
  • Part 1. "From the outbreak of hostilities to the battle of Wafaigou on June 1."
  • Part 2. "The battle of Wafangou and military operations before the battle at Tashichao."
• Tom Z. (2 books):
  • Part 1. “The situation in early July. July fights. Interruption of hostilities during the rainy season. ”
  • Part 2. "From the resumption of hostilities on August 10 to the concentration of the Russian army to the Liaoyang positions on August 18, 1904.
  • Part 3. "The Liaoyang battle, the retreat of the Russian army to the city of Mukden."
• Volume 4. “Shahe - Sandepu” (2 books):
  • Part 1. "The battle on the river. Shahe. "
  • Part 2. "The winter period of the campaign and the battle at Sandepu."
• Volume 5. “The Battle of Mukden” (2 books).
  • Part 1. "The events immediately preceding the Battle of Mukden, I am the battle itself until the commander-in-chief ordered the withdrawal of the 3rd and 1st armies to Honghe."
  • Part 2 "From the departure to the river. Honghe before focusing on the Sypingai positions. ”
• Volume 6. "Sypingai period."
• Volume 7. "The rear of the army" (2 books).
  • Part 1. "Organization and activities of the army"
  • Part 2. “Ways of communication. Means of transportation and communications. "
• Volume 8. "The Defense of Quantum and Port Arthur" (2 books).
  • Part 1. "From the outbreak of war to close taxation (July 17, 1904),
  • Part 2. "From the beginning of close taxation to the end of the siege (July 17 - December 20, 1904).
• Volume 9. "Secondary theaters of war" (1 book).
  • Part 1. "Military operations in North - East Korea."
  • Part 2. "Military operations on about. Sakhalin and on the west coast of the Tatar Strait. "
  • Part 3. "Defense of the South Ussuri Territory."
  • Part 4. "Defense of the fortress of Vladivostok."

It was created in 1908 at the naval General Staff . Commission editions:

• The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 The work of the historical commission to describe the actions of the fleet in the war of 1904-1905. at the marine General Staff in 7 volumes;
  • Volume 1. - 1912 "The operations of the fleet in the southern theater from the outbreak of war to the interruption of communications with Port Arthur." Events from January 26 to April 23, 1904
  • Volume 2. - 1913 "The operations of the fleet in the southern theater from the interruption of communications with Port Arthur to the naval battle on July 28 (August 10) in the Yellow Sea." Events during the command of Port Arthur squadron Rear Admiral Witgeft.
  • Volume 3. - 1915 "Naval battle in the Yellow Sea on July 28 (August 10), 1904. Japanese capture of the destroyer" Resolute "in Chifu.
  • Volume 4. - 1916 "The actions of the fleet in the southern theater and the actions of naval teams during the defense of Port Arthur after the naval battle in the Yellow Sea on July 28 (August 10), 1904 until the end of the siege of the fortress"
  • Volume 5. - 1916
  • Volume 6. - 1917 “Campaign of the Second Pacific Squadron to the Far East”
  • Volume 7. - 1917 "Tsushima operation."
• The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 Fleet actions. Documents published by the historical commission ... (department 1-4, 1907-14), etc.
• Chronological list of naval operations in 1904-1905
• Analysis of the battle July 28, 1904

At the military-historical part (later as part of the military-historical department) of the General Staff . It was established by order of the People’s Commissariat of War No. 688, dated August 13, 1918 (from November 15, 1918 it was called the Commission for the Study and Use of the Experience of the War of 1914-18 , then the Military Historical Commission); disbanded on May 29, 1921 .

The chairmen of the commission were V.N. Klembovsky (August - October 1918) and A.A. Svechin (since November 1918). 39 works on the First World War and 13 on the Civil War were prepared, 44 works were published. On their basis, the Strategic Outline of the War of 1914-1918 was published (vols. 1–7, 1920–23). The work provides many operational documents and provides a factual description of the war on the Russian front.

• The strategic outline of the war of 1914-1918 Part 1
• The strategic outline of the war of 1914-1918 Part 3

• Trophy commission

• Tarkhova N. S. , How the history of the First World War was created (on the activities of the commission for the study and use of the experience of the war of 1914-1918) // The Last War of the Russian Empire. M. , 2006. S. 27 - 38;
• Koltyukov A.A. , Institute of Military History: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow // Military History Journal . 2006. No. 10. P. 21 - 27.