erzurum - a city in northeastern turkey was of great strategic importance.the ottoman empire. it was strengthened by german engineers. 13 stone forts with artillery, a system of defensive ramparts, ditches, trenches and pillboxes, all in rugged mountains. but the russian commander, general nikolai yudenich, used the factor of surprise. the enemy did not expect an offensive in deep snow in winter. in the rear, we worked out all the details of the assault with guns, machine guns and sopers. aviation reconnaissance allowed make a map of enemy fortifications. the attack began in the evening in the dark. the turks, it must be said, resisted desperately, only on the fifth day the city was taken. after this, our army advanced another 150 km and occupied trebizond and other cities. but then a revolution occurred in russia. the bolsheviks supported the turkish republic, gave up everything they had won and even... part of the lands that were formerly part of the russian empire. on february 16, 1976 , the first kamaz truck rolled off the main assembly line of the autom

erzurum, a city in northeastern turkey, was of great strategic importance.re. strengthened it german engineers: 13 stone forts with artillery, a system of defensive ramparts, ditches, trenches and pillboxes, all in difficult-to -passable mountains. but the russian commander, general nikolai yudenich. he used the factor of surprise; the enemy did not expect an attack in deep snow in winter. in the rear, we worked out all the details of the assault with guns, machine guns and sopers. aviation reconnaissance allowed. the city was taken, after that our army resisted desperately, only on the fifth day it advanced another 150 km, occupied trebizond and other cities, but then something happened in russia revolution, the bolsheviks supported the turkish republic, gave up everything they had conquered and even part of the lands that were formerly part of the russian empire. on february 16, 1976 , the first kamaz truck, a legend of the domestic automobile industry, rolled off the main assembly line of the automobile plant. the economy of the ussr was growing, new road

on february 16 , 1916, the battle for erzurum, one of the largest, ended with a russian victory.tern turkey, was of great strategic importance; it was a stronghold for the troops of the ottoman empire. it was strengthened by german engineers, 13 stone forts with artillery, a system of defensive ramparts, ditches, trenches and pillboxes, all in difficult-to -passable mountains. but the russian commander, general nikolai yudenich, used the factor of surprise. the enemy did not expect an offensive in deep snow in winter. in the rear, we worked out all the details of the assault with guns, machine guns and sopers. aviation reconnaissance made it possible to draw a map of enemy fortifications. the attack began in the evening in the dark. the turks, it must be said, resisted desperately, only on the fifth day the city was taken. after this, our army advanced another 150 km, occupied trebizond and other cities. but then a revolution occurred in russia. the bolsheviks supported the turkish republic, gave up everything they had won and even some. lands that were formerly part of the russi