UDC

[94(470):655.552]:[623.9+664.1]

DOI

10.37482/2687-1505-V341

Authors

Timofey V. Alekseev
Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Assoc. Prof., Prof. at the Department of History and Philosophy, Mozhaisky Military Space Academy (address: ul. Zhdanovskaya 13, St. Petersburg, 197198, Russia).
e-mail: timofey1967@mail.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0809-2400

Aleksandr V. Losik
Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Prof. at Baltic State Technical University “VOENMEH” named after D.F. Ustinov (address: ul. 1-ya Krasnoarmeyskaya 1, St. Petersburg, 190005, Russia).
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-6627

Abstract

This article reviews A.E. Shapovalova’s monograph Mine Sugar: From a Sugar Refinery to the Production of Marine Underwater Weapons, which for the first time investigates the history of industrial enterprises that existed in St. Petersburg on the territory now occupied by JSC Concern Sea Underwater Weapon Gidropribor. The monograph is based on a solid body of sources and makes a significant contribution to the study of the industrial history of St. Petersburg and its military-industrial complex. The topics raised by the author can be considered as potential subjects for thesis research.

Keywords

sugar industry, mine sugar, barrage mines, torpedo armament, St. Petersburg, L.E. Koenig, military industry

References

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