Author: Annenkov, Mikhail Nikolayevich [ Annenkoff, Michael Nicolaivitch (1835-1899)]
Title: Der Krieg im Jahre 1870 : Bemerkungen und Betrachtungen eines russischen Officiers / von M. Annenkoff
Description: Berlin, B. Behr's Buchhandlung, 1871. 1/4-cloth. 22x15cm, 121 pages, Contemporary binder's quarter-leather. Labels and inked classification number to spine.. Cardpocket taped to flyleaf. Binding corners rubbed. Good. ¶ Rubberstamps to flyleaf, title and last page. ["General Mikhail Nikolayevich Annenkov was a Russian nobleman, author, military officer, and renowned engineer. An important figure in the history of the Russian conquest of Turkestan in the 19th Century, he was Governor-General of the Transcaspian Region (today's Turkmenistan). General Annenkov was the builder of the strategic Transcaspian Railway in its initial stages through what is now Turkmenistan, which made possible the bloody defeat of the Turkmen at Geok-Tepe in 1881. He was also involved in the planning of the Trans-Siberian railroad, which was under construction at the time of his death. He also played a major role in the Pendjeh Crisis of 1885, when the UK and Russia nearly went to war...In the 1870s, Michael served as Military Attaché to Germany, during the Franco-Prussian War, and then later to France. His writings on German military tactics during the war were widely read. By 1878 he had been appointed a Lieutenant-General of the Imperial Army. During the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) General Annenkoff was placed in charge of transportation, learning the valuable skills that would later make him one of the most prominent engineers of his era...." - wikipedia].

Keywords: German Military History, Franco-Prussian War, Tsarist Russia, Russian Officers, , , , ,