Russian Military Historical Society

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RUSSIAN MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY fully named the Imperial Russian Military Historical Society, a military science society founded in 1907 for studying the military history of Russia. According to its charter, the society was under the control of the Ministry of Defence. It held its meetings in the Artillery Museum, now known as the Military History Museum of Artillery, Engineering Corps, and Signal Corps. The society had a council with General D. A. Skalon as the chairman and A. Z. Myshlaevsky as the vice-chairman, replaced by N. P. Mikhnevich in 1912. The society had about 3,000 members by 1913 with branches operating in all military commands. Members of the society opened museums and libraries in military units, arranged military archives, and excavated battlefields. The society comprised of departments for history of warfare, regiment and naval stories, military archaeology and archaeography. It published Journal of the Imperial Russian Military Historical Society in 1910-14, as well as Notes on Military Archaeology and Archaeography and Proceedings published in St. Petersburg. The society played a major role in collecting and publishing documents and popularising the military history. It was dissolved after the outbreak of World War I.

Reference: Кочетков А. Русское военно-историческое общество (1907-1914) // Воен.-ист. журн. 1965. № 9. С. 94-99.

M. F. Khartanovich. Mikhnevich Nikolay Petrovich
Myshlaevsky Alexander Zakharovich
Skalon D.A.
Кочетков А. Русское военно-историческое общество (1907-1914) // Воен.-ист. журн., 1965 Ministry of War
Military Historical Museum of the Artillery, Engineering and Signal Corps