Viktor Vasilyevich Yakovlev ( 1871 - 1945 ) - Russian and Soviet engineer, Major General of the Russian Imperial Army , Lieutenant General of the Red Army . Doctor of Technical Sciences (1938).
| Yakovlev Victor Vasilyevich | |||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | October 18 (30) 1871 | ||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow , Russian empire | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | September 7, 1945 (73 years) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , the USSR | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire , the USSR | ||||||||||||
| Type of army | engineering troops | ||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1889 - 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Rank |  major general  | ||||||||||||
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Biography
Viktor Yakovlev was born on October 18 ( October 30 ), 1871 in Moscow . He graduated from the 2nd Moscow Cadet Corps and Nicholas Engineering School . In the Russian Imperial Army since September 1889 . In 1900, Yakovlev on the first category graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of Engineering , after which he was in her teaching work. December 6, 1916 he was awarded the rank of Major General [1] .
After the October Revolution, Yakovlev went to serve in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. He taught at the Military Engineering Academy of the Red Army . He led a large scientific work, was the chief editor of "Engineering Journal." In the 1920s he taught fortification, was the head teacher of the Petrograd military engineering school [2] .
In the 1930s, Yakovlev headed the fortification department of the Military Engineering Academy of the Red Army. On January 27, 1943, Yakovlev was given the rank of Major General of the Engineering Troops, and on November 2, 1944, Lieutenant General of the Engineering Troops.
He died on September 7, 1945 . He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery [2] .
He was the author of more than 150 scientific papers in the field of fortification and military engineering. In his works, he studied the military engineering experience of the Russian and Soviet armies in the wars of the first half of the 20th century.
Awards and prizes
- Honored Scientist of the RSFSR ( 1928 )
- Stalin Prize of the second degree ( 1943 ) - for many years of outstanding work in the field of science and technology [2]
- two orders of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of St. Stanislav II and III degree
- Order of St. Anne II and III degrees
- Order of St. Vladimir III and IV degrees
- medals [1] .
Some writings
- In the Artur dungeons (according to the participants of the underground struggle on the 3rd fortification). SPb., 1909.
- Golenkin F. and Yakovlev V. Long-term fortification. The course of the Nikolaev Engineering School, with the addition of information necessary in the preparation of fortification projects in the Nikolaev Engineering Academy and the School. With drawings in the text. St. Petersburg, Tbilisi Hood. The seals. 1912 V, II, 306 p.
- N. Buynitsky, F. Golenkin, V. Yakovlev, The current state of long-term and temporary fortification. St. Petersburg, 1913.
- Seaside Fortress (Department of Coast Defense Course of the Naval Academy of the RKKF) (with drawings in the text). L .: VMA RKKF, 1926.
- The latest information on the strengthening of the eastern borders of Germany and France. L .: VTA RKKA, 1929.
- The evolution of long-term fortification. M .: Gosvoenizdat NPO USSR, 1931. Reprinted as "History of Fortresses" in 1995 ( [1] ) and 2000 ( [2] , [3] ) years.
- A brief sketch of the history of the underground mine war, 1938.
- Peter I - the founder of military engineering in Russia // Military thought. 1945. No. 4/5. Pp. 99-108.
- The views and activities of Suvorov in the field of military engineering, 1945.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Yakovlev, Viktor Vasilyevich . // Project "Russian Army in the Great War."
- ↑ 1 2 3 Bryukhovetsky R.I. Yakovlev Viktor Vasilyevich. Schools of military engineers in the years 1701-1960 (March 4, 2010). The appeal date is September 28, 2014.