Dmitry Milyutin

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alekseyevich and the family name is Milyutin.
Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin
Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин
Nikolay Sukhozanet
Succeeded byPyotr Vannovsky
Personal details
Born(1816-06-28)28 June 1816
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Awardssee awards

Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin (Russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин,

Imperial Russia
(1898). He was responsible for sweeping military reforms that changed the face of the Russian army in the 1860s and 1870s.

Early career

Milyutin graduated from the

Nikolai Milyutin, who chose to pursue a career in civil administration, Dmitry volunteered to take part in the Caucasian War
(1839–45). After sustaining a grave wound, he returned to the military academy to deliver lectures as a professor.

In the following years, Milyutin earned a considerable reputation as a brilliant scholar. He emphasized the scientific value of military statistics and authored the first comprehensive study of the subject, which earned him the

Italian campaign of 1799
as the pinnacle of his career, elaborating these views in a detailed account of the campaign, published in five volumes in 1852 and 1853.

Capitalizing on his knowledge, Milyutin analyzed the causes of Russia's defeat in the Crimean War and framed some radical proposals for military reforms. His ideas were approved by Alexander II, who appointed Milyutin to the post of Minister of War in 1861. Several years earlier, Milyutin took part in the capture of Imam Shamil, thus helping bring the prolonged Caucasian War to an end.

Minister of War

General Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin at the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps

Milyutin was

military districts being created across the country. Military service was declared compulsory to all males aged 21 for 6 years, instead of the previous 25 years. This applied to all males including nobles. The system of military education was also reformed, and elementary education was made available to all the draftees. Milyutin's reforms are regarded as a milestone in the history of Russia. Before his reforms in, the Russian Army had no constant barracks and was billeted in dugouts and shacks.[1]
The success of his reforms was demonstrated during the
Order of Saint Andrew
.

Milyutin strongly advocated the deportation that formed the latter stage of the Circassian genocide, arguing that "eliminating the Circassians was to be an end in itself – to cleanse the land of hostile elements".[2]

Later life

General Dmitry Milyutin

After the

the Russian Empire
. He died in Simeiz in 1912.

Works

  • The history of Russia's war with France during the reign of Emperor Paul I in 1799 [История войны России с Францией в царствование Императора Павла I в 1799 году]. "Written by Imperial order of Sovereign Emperor Nicholas I". In five volumes. Saint Petersburg. 1852–1853. Типография штаба военно-учебных заведений.

Honours and awards

Domestic

Foreign

References

  1. ^ Wiesław Caban, Losy żołnierzy powstania listopadowego wcielonych do armii carskiej, w: Przegląd Historyczny, t. XCI, z. 2, s. 245.
  2. ^ Walter Richmond, The Circassian Genocide (Rutgers University Press, 2013) pp 70-71, 131-32.
  3. ^ Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei, 1886, pp. 8, 15, 23 – via hathitrust.org
  4. ^ a b "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1911, pp. 48, 60, 97, retrieved 14 January 2021
  5. ISBN 978-2-35077-135-9
    .
  6. ^ Sveriges Statskalender (in Swedish), 1905, p. 440 – via runeberg.org
  7. ^ Bille-Hansen, A. C.; Holck, Harald, eds. (1910) [1st pub.:1801]. Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1910 [State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1910] (PDF). Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender (in Danish). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri. pp. 3, 6. Retrieved 2 September 2020 – via da:DIS Danmark.
  8. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 623.

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Милютин, Дмитрий Алексеевич" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.

Further reading

  • Forrest A. Miller, Dmitrii Miliutin and the Reform Era in Russia (1968)
  • Walter Richmond, The Circassian Genocide (Rutgers University Press, 2013) online
  • His memoirs have been reprinted. The early years in a volume published by Oriental Research Partners (Newtonville, Mass) in 1978 with a new useful introduction by Prof. Bruce Lincoln. A three volume set of memoirs of his later years was published by Rossiiski arkhiv (Moscow 1999-2006) Pp. 525, 557, 730.

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