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