Background
BONCH-BRUYEVICH, Mikhail was born on March 8, 1870 in Moscow. Son of a land-surveyor.
Geodesist and military commander
BONCH-BRUYEVICH, Mikhail was born on March 8, 1870 in Moscow. Son of a land-surveyor.
1890 graduate Moscow Land Survey Institute. 1898 graduate Moscow University and General Staff Academy.
1898-1907 staff-officer, Kiev Military district. From 1907 lecturer in tactics, General Staff Academy. At outbreak of World War I quartermaster-general, 3rd Army.
From September 1914 quartermaster-general, Northwestern Front. From March 1915 chief of staff, Northern Front. August-September 1917 commander in chief
Northern Front; September-October 1917 special duties with Kerensky, then garrison-commander in Mogilev. Joined Bolsheviks during October Revol. From 20 November 1917 chief of Staff to Supreme Commander Trotsky.
From March 1918 military chief, Higher Military Council. March 1919-1923 founder and head Higher Geodetic Board, Supreme Economic Council.
June-August 1919 chief of Field Staff, Red Army. From 1925 head State Aerial Photography Bureau. 1939-1949 ed, 9-voI reference book Geodeziya (Geodesy).
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