Nestor Aloiziyevich Buinitsky was a Russian military engineer, professor of fortification, inventor and lieutenant general.
Background
Nestor Aloizevich Buinitsky was born in Saint St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, he studied at the 2nd Saint St. Petersburg Military School, and became a military engineer, after graduating from the Military Engineering-Technical University in 1889.
Education
Nikolaev engineering school.
Career
He served as a military engineer at the Osowiec Fortress, where he would help in the construction of fortification buildings for four years. In 1893 Buinitsky began to teach about fortification in a native university, and became a professor He co-operated with the Engineering Magazine, Military Collection, Artillery Magazine, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Brokgauz-Efron, Encyclopaedia of Military and Marine Sciences, and the Military Encyclopaedia.
His advanced studies have large value for the development of Russian fortifications, for example he was the supporter of the creation of integrated systems of fortifications.
Buinitsky was known as a phenomenal expert on fortification, but he was also a talented writer Buinitsky died in December, 1914.
Membership
In 1909, he became a member of the engineering committee, supervising creation of fortresses.