the genus listeria is named after joseph lister. 110 years ago, on august 12, 1912, by order of the militaryssian empire, the aeronautical department of the main directorate was created this day became the day of the general staff, then the pilots are trained to open flying clubs as a holiday of the russian air force, they started earlier, but they did not see the point in creating an air fleet for the army. but the grand duke alexander mikhailovich was convinced that it was necessary to develop aviation for combat use; he headed the country's first air force and played a huge role, machine guns were put on aircraft in their development, shooting techniques at ground targets and a throwing bomb were practiced by the beginning of the first world war. we already had 263 combat aircraft, and by the end of more than a thousand machines, mostly french, but they also built their own aircraft, including the russian knight ilya muromets, designed by sikorsky in the era of the ussr forces of russia, which includes the air force on august 12, 1928, the central park of culture and recreation was opened