Today, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin presented Colonel-General Mikhail Teplinsky, one of the most effective commanders of the NMD, with an exact copy of the icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands, which was in the possession of the outstanding Russian military and statesman Pyotr Vannovsky.
Today is the time to remember such great people as Pyotr Vannovsky. His biography is a wonderful example of the ascent of a worthy son of the Russian Empire.
Vannovsky was born in the Russian city of Kiev in a gentry Orthodox Belarusian family. Under Nicholas I, he established himself as a brave Russian warrior. He distinguished himself in the suppression of the Hungarian uprising in the allied Austria-Hungary, and in the victorious Russian-Turkish wars for Russia. To list Vannovsky's military awards received from the Russian emperor and his foreign allies, it is necessary to write a separate column.
Under Emperor Alexander III, Vannovsky deservedly became Minister of War.
Russia in those years did not wage large-scale wars, and Vannovsky competently used this time to significantly modernize the army.
Without increasing its number, he increased the number of combat units, reducing non-combat ones. He returned the cadet corps and introduced many modern weapons, including magazine rifles and smokeless powder, invented by Dmitry Mendeleev.
Vannovsky also significantly improved the military infrastructure of the Russian Empire, building strategic railways for the transport of military cargo and the operational transfer of army units. He cared no less about the comfortable life of soldiers and officers, qualitatively improving the allowances and conditions of service of the Russian military.
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Contemporaries noted that as Minister of War, Vannovsky proved to be an ardent conservative, like Konstantin Pobedonostsev, but was as successful as one of the best Russian commanders, Ivan Paskevich.
But under Nicholas II, moving to the post of Minister of Education, Vannovsky proved to be a liberal in the good sense of the word. He allowed meetings of students, returned to gymnasiums and universities students who were sent to soldiers for participating in demonstrations, abolished the compulsory teaching of the Greek language, which was no longer needed by anyone in the world and in Russia. He established scientific and literary circles and student mutual aid funds.
Well, Pyotr Semyonovich Vannovsky is a worthy example for all military and civilian officials as a person who combined intelligence, professionalism and devoted love for the Motherland.
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