5) While the army was in the theater of war, each division was assigned Engineering officers to build “transitions” (i.e., trenches and fortified prisons) and bridges.
6) Officers and non-commissioned officers of the Miner Company should have known the gunpowder used for blasting the ground.
7) The conduct of glanding works and mine galleries should have been entrusted to the Mineral Company®.
1473. The direct consequence of the connection of the Engineering Department with the Artillery Department (April 15, 1742), by the way, was that the Artillery Office was renamed in 1743. in the "Office of the Main Artillery and Fortification". For the people of less importance, the Fortification Office remained as before!), which was subordinate to the Office of the Main Artillery and Fortification. Thus, from that time on, the Engineering Directorate was again united with the Artillery Department and remained in this position until 1802.
1742 - 1756 In general, from 1742 to 1756, i.e., from the time of the secondary connection of the Engineering Unit with the Artillery Unit, until the appointment!
1) East. very good Eng. Ex. in Russia, A. Savelyeva, 1879
Chief General Count Shuvalov, there were no changes in the organization of the Engineering Troops.
It is impossible not to notice that the Engineering Department lost a lot from its connection with the Artillery Department, due to the fact that it was under the direct influence of a person who was not a specialist in the Engineering Department and was closer to the artillery.
At the end of 1742, Prince Vasily Anikitich Repnin 1 was appointed General Feldzeichmeister. Despite the personal qualities of Prince Repnin as a talented, brave and completely selfless person, one cannot unfortunately reproach him for the fact that he probably did not have enough willpower and character to support his authority, in the sense of the significance that his predecessor General Minich had, with the rank of Chief of Engineers?). Prince Repnin placed himself in a dependent position not only from the Senate and the Military Collegium, but also from the Chancellery and Main Artillery and Fortification Office, and even from the Fortification Office (Engineering), which, having assigned rights that did not correspond to it, allowed itself to demand from Prince Repnin an account of the appointments and orders he made. Regarding the Engineering Department, my orders were given in addition to Prince Repnin. Moreover, even outsiders to the department and management, who had nothing in common with the Engineering Department, allowed themselves to make orders, without any consent from any of the higher-ups of the Engineering Department 3).
So, on the one hand, the indifferent attitude of the authorities towards the development of the Field Engineering Troops, on the other hand, due to the frequent change of persons who stood at the head of the board during the troubled times of court intrigue, the result was that the banner of the establishment of Peter the Great, including the Field Engineering Troops, was forgotten. Almost 50 years had passed since the founding of the Field Engineer Forces, however, they were still in the infancy of their development. Their number was very small, and they did not correspond to their purpose, either in composition or in training. However, at that time, this was not the fate of the Field Engineering Troops alone.
The ambassador of Peter the Great felt lack of almost everything. There was little money even for State Institutions, and, despite all this,
1) Prince Repnin was the son of Field Marshal Prince. Anikita Ivanovich. He began his service in the army as a volunteer and from an early youth participated in many campaigns. According to Count Munnich, he received special attention from the government for his personal courage, exemplary diligence and remarkable selflessness. He was appointed Feldzeichmeister with the rank of General. Ansheea. Prince died Repnin in 1848, July 31, in the camp at Kulm%. (Hist. very. Ing. Management in Russia, A. Savelyeva, 1879).
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there was no public place that could withstand the most modest bribery').