Shuvaev, Dmitry Savelievich

From the hereditary honorary citizens of Orenburg. He graduated from the Orenburg Neplyuev military school . In 1872 he graduated from the 3rd Alexander Military School . He served in the 2nd Turkestan battery; participated in the campaigns of 1873-1875 in Central Asia.

In 1878 he graduated from the Academy of the General Staff in the 2nd category. Since 1878 - at the headquarters of the Orenburg Military District . From 1879, he was a teacher, and from February 11, 1885, he was the head of the Novocherkassk Cossack Cadet School . Since May 23, 1899 - the head of the Kiev Military School .

From January 10, 1905 - the commander (from December 6, 1906 - chief) of the 5th Infantry Division , from May 24, 1908 - the commander of the 2nd Caucasian Army Corps .

From August 8, 1909 to April 1914, he was the head of the Main Commandant Directorate of the War Ministry. Being personally honest and incorruptible, he practically eradicated corruption in the quartermaster's office. Its activities took place under the conditions of the military reform of 1905–1912. During the reorganization of the quartermaster administration, special attention was paid to strengthening the technical committee by introducing representatives of civilian departments (ministries of finance, trade, industry, etc.), as well as professors from a number institutions. In 1911, for the training of quartermaster personnel, instead of the quartermaster's course that had existed since 1900 at the Academy of the General Staff, the quartermaster’s academy was created. Later, in 1913, the army commissaries were also reformed. July 12, 1911 promoted to general from infantry.

He supervised the preparation of quartermaster for war and the supply of troops during the First World War. On December 13, 1915, he was appointed the chief field commander and the head of the formed department of the chief field commissary of the Supreme Command . Shuvaev gave the Zemsky Union, headed by G.E. Lvov , an order for the supply of an army of short fur coats, boots and Circassians. At the initiative of G.E. Lvov, a telegram was sent to Shuvaev: “Representatives of the provincial zemstvos, gathered in Moscow to discuss issues related to the fulfillment of the new enormous order of the Main Quartermaster’s Zemstvo Union, instructed me to welcome Your Excellency as an energetic, tireless head of the quartermaster’s office sincerely and wholly devoted to the service of the army and the homeland, who, through the broad involvement of all the social forces of the country in supplying our incomparable army, was able to provide it Sem necessary. United in the zemstvo union, the zemstvos will make every effort to fulfill the responsible task assigned to them. ”

From March 15, 1916 to January 3, 1917 - Minister of War. During this period, the “ Brusilovsky Breakthrough ” was carried out - the offensive of the troops of the Southwestern Front , which lasted from June 4 to mid-September 1916.

On November 4, 1916, he delivered the following speech at a meeting of the Duma :

Minister of War Shuvaev. I, as Minister of War, Messrs. members of the State Duma, I consider it worthwhile to share with you some thoughts and some thoughts arising from the experience of the time. 27 months of a bloody brutal war, a world war. It was not our beloved Sovereign who wanted and sought to start this war, no, Messrs., We all know that neither the Sovereign Emperor nor our valiant allies in their efforts and efforts to prevent this world fire met their proper response in the enemy camp. (Voices: true.) And no wonder, Messrs., In this enemy camp for decades cherished, thought, hope, hope, conviction of necessity by force of arms, violence grew and strengthened, regardless of Divine laws or human laws, despite law and justice, subjugate to yourself by force of arms and capture the prevailing, superior importance among all peoples. (Voices: true.) It is also no wonder because in this enemy camp for decades sharpened swords, prepared guns and waited only an hour, waited only for the time when they could watch over their neighbors and attack them in order to crush with a lightning strike and make them obey their will. (Voices: true.) But, Messrs., The assumption is one, and life is different; lightning strikes disappeared like smoke. For 27 months the war has dragged on, and how long it will last — God alone knows. In my deep conviction, as an old soldier, from what we have to observe, every day we approach victory (prolonged applause from the right, in the center and left; voices in the center: bravo) , every day brings our insidious, bold enemy closer to defeat. (Applause on the right, in the center and on the left.) Why did this happen, what kind of metamorphosis happened in the world? Gg., That which was said in August 1914 by separate few persons, and that is confessed not only in Russia, but in all states that are allied with us, that war is waged by more than one army, that war is waged by the whole state (votes : right) , - this consciousness every day, every month penetrated more and more into the consciousness of all states. (Voice on the left: but not yours.)
Chairman I humbly ask you not to speak from the field.

Minister of War . Everything that was possible and possible took up supplying the army: not only men and children, but women and girls, everything and everywhere took up the production of what was necessary for the army. What is the result, gg? Let me tell you in round figures what this general movement has given us, what it has led to. I will take only three numbers: January 1, 1915 per unit, then I will say how many times the production has increased by January 1, 1916, and now. Three-inch guns: January 1 - unit; January 1, 1916 - 3.8 times and in August 1916 - 8 times. (Voices: bravo.) If we accept the introduced insertion of trunks, mending guns, then we will get the following results: January 1, 1915 - unit; January 1, 1916 - by 5.7 times and in August 1916 - by 13.2 times. (Voices: bravo.) 48-line howitzers: this gun is complex, gg, and difficult to prepare, but it doubled in January 1916, and almost quadrupled in August compared to January 1915. Rifles in January 1916 increased by 3 times, and in August 1916 increased by 4 times compared with January 1915. Projectile: 42-line in January 1916 increased by 6 and a half times, in August 1916 - by 7 and a half times. 48-line shells: in January 1916 increased by 2 and a half times, in August 1916 - by 9 times. Six-inch shells: in January 1916 - 2 times, and in August - 5 times. Three-inch shells: in January 1916 they increased 12 and a half times, and in August 1916 they increased 19.7 times. Fuses - an important element for shells - increased in January by 6 times, and in August - 19 times. 48-line and six-inch high-explosive bombs - 4 times and 16 times. Explosives ... I will not list you, gg., Everything, but the increase occurred in some cases, even 40 times. (Voices: bravo.) Asphyxiating agents ... gg, our gunners must bow down, it’s a pity that I don’t see them, I would bow to them in the presence of you. Choking agents increased in January 1916 - by 33 times, and in August - by 69 times. (Voices: brave.) I stopped your attention, Messrs., On the artillery supply, without touching the quartermaster, and I will say publicly that there is a flaw, there are flaws, but, in general, the matter is tolerable. I will say in engineering, military-technical supply, in general, we encounter difficulty with cars, and that is due to reasons beyond our control. (Voice in the center: aviation?) Aviation is also in this position, it’s developing, Messrs., It’s a matter within Russia, and you only need to strive and wish it to go faster. So that, gg., Gave a friendly, common, joint work. Let me, gg., Hope and ask you to help in the future in this joint work to supply our valiant army. (Voices on the right, in the center and on the left: bravo.) Gg., The enemy is broken and broken, he will not cope. I repeat once again: every day brings us closer to victory and every day brings it closer, to the contrary, to defeat. We must, as the esteemed chairman of the State Duma said, must win by all means. These are the imperative directives of our Sovereign Supreme Commander-in-Chief of our valiant army. This is required by the direction of His Imperial Majesty and by our common recognition, the good of our motherland, before which everything should step aside. Gg., Let me once again express the full confidence of the old soldier that we should not only win, we will win, we will win at all costs. There is no force that could defeat the Russian kingdom. (Stormy and prolonged applause from the right, center, and left.)

- Transcript of the meeting of the Duma

On January 3, 1917, he was dismissed from the post of Minister of War with the appointment of a member of the State Council . Since March 10, 1917 - Member of the Military Council .

After the October Revolution in November 1917, the Cheka was arrested as a former tsarist minister, but then released. Since 1918 - in the Red Army , the main military quartermaster in Petrograd . He taught at the military schools of the Red Army . Since October 18, 1920 - at the disposal of the Revolutionary Military Council. In 1922 - Chief of Staff of the Petrograd Military District of the Red Army . He later taught tactics at the Shot courses . In 1926, dismissed by age, lived in Lipetsk, a personal pensioner since 1927.

On August 8, 1937, he was arrested by the NKVD bodies on charges of anti-Soviet agitation ( Articles 58-10, 58-8 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR ). On October 19, 1937, the trio of the UNKVD in the Voronezh Region, the case against him was dismissed “for old age and illness.” On December 9, 1937 he was re-arrested.

Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the three UNKVD of 12.15.37:

“He is accused of leading counter-revolutionary agitation of a defeatist nature. He expressed terrorist intentions against the leader of the CPSU (b). Spread counter-revolutionary fabrications about the situation of the population in the USSR. He slandered the Soviet regime. ”

Sentenced to be shot. The verdict was executed on December 19, 1937.

By a decision of the Presidium of the Lipetsk Regional Court of December 22, 1956, he was posthumously fully rehabilitated.

Family

Wife - Elizaveta Petrovna.

Son - Alexander (1886-1943), career officer, military specialist in the Red Army.

The second son is Peter (before WWI, retired staff captain). In 1914, he volunteered to leave the second year of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy for the front. In 1956, he requested the rehabilitation of his father from the Prosecutor General of the USSR R. Rudenko

Colonel General Ivan Vasilievich Boldin ^[3] :

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