VELICHKO Konstantin

Born in 1856. He graduated from the course in the Nicholas School of Engineering. During the war of 1877 - 78 years, serving in the 1 st Battalion, then in the 2 nd Military telegraph park, participated in the development Tverditskogo pass between the mountains. Helen from the north and the village from the south of the Balkans Tverditsey. After the war he graduated from the Academy of Engineering course and was sent abroad to study practical technical production. Prior to the Russian-Japanese war was a professor Nicholas Academy of Engineering on the faculty of fortification. In 1903, Mr.. was appointed assistant chief of engineers. February 12, 1904, Mr.. appointed General for special assignments for the Commander (later Commander) forces in the Far East against Japan. In his work "Study of the latest tools of the siege and defense of land fortresses", placed in 1888. in Engineering Journal, Velichko was a follower of the ideas of Count Totleben made the latest in anticipation of future artillery. The emergence of high-explosive bom caused a split among the engineers of various countries on the location of the shelter and fortress artillery. Almost all engineers are foreign countries, with the Belgian General Brialmonom headed, stood, and now faces the need to hide the guns of the fortress under armor. Velichko made a staunch opponent of armor in a number of works: "Two of the armored units of the latest tools for land of castles and test them in Bucharest", . "Rotating armor set in the ground a fortress", . "For and against the armor closures in fortifications, etc.,
. Following the publication of these works Velichko took an active part in the drafting of fortresses, . in the construction and restructuring of all of our border fortresses in Russia no longer any strength, . which he has not visited, . not once, . with a view to selecting sites for fortifications or for the inspection of existing or newly constructed fortifications, . or for the production of any experiments,
. He wrote further: "defenses against the fortresses of accelerated attacks" (1892), "the fortress and Railways (1897)," working and living conditions of troops in Kvantune "(1900)," Engineering of defense and the unit of fortresses "(1903 ). Their work contributed to the formation of many Velichko Russian fortification School, . features a combination of manpower with the conniving dead masses, . desire to achieve security with guns and camouflage the movement of guns, . development of means of communication in the forts and fortifications in general organization, . most appropriate active defense.,