The development of military engineering in Russia in the XVIII century
The article examines the state of Russian military-engineering art during the XVIII century. It is noted that up to the present time in Russian historiography there are not many works devoted to this problem. The aim of this work is to summarize existing information and data on this issue, clarifying some of them and introduction into scientific circulation previously published sources and archival documents. The author focuses on the fact that the development of martial arts in any state has many objective and subjective factors. In particular, it is shown that the development of military science and the defense of the state, influenced strongly by the economy, the level of theoretical and practical knowledge, development of science and technology including fortification.