КРЕПОСТЬ НИКОЛАЕВ В СИСТЕМЕ ОБОРОНЫ ГАЛИЧИНЫ ВО ВТОРОЙ ПОЛОВИНЕ ХІХ – НАЧАЛЕ ХХ ВЕКA
The Fortress of Mykolaiv in Galicia's Defence System in the Second Half of the 19th Century and the Beginning of the 20th Century

Author(s): Leontiy VOITOVYCH
Subject(s): History, Military history
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Galicia; fortress; Mykolaiv on the Dniester; World War I; Russia; Austria-Hungary; Poland; 19th century; 20th century
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the preparations for the defence of Galicia in the second half of the nineteenth - early twentieth century using the example of the construction and use of the Mykolaiv fortress on the Dniester River. The plans of the defensive structure are presented, as well as its fundamental transformations during the period in question. The article also discusses the creation of new infrastructure around the fortress, i.e. the construction of a railway line and paved roads. The redevelopment works were considerably affected by the changes in political conditions, especially Austro-Russian relations, the activities of Russian intelligence, etc. Particular attention was paid to the events that took place around the fortress during the hostilities in Galicia in 1914 and the Polish-Ukrainian war in 1918-1919 and the commanders that operated in the area, including generals Frantz Konrad von Götcendorf, Edward Böhm-Ermolli, Alexei Brusilov, and Anton Denikin. The paper also presents the circumstances of the capturing of the fortress by the Russian army and the course of the military actions in the Mykolaiv area. The discussed fortress is one of the best-preserved monuments of WWI fortifications on the territory of Ukraine.

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