Sugar, Mines, Torpedoes: The Thorny Path of Gidropribor

Review of the book: Shapovalova A.E. Mine Sugar: From a Sugar Refinery to the Production of Marine Underwater Weapons. St. Petersburg, 2022. 230 p. (in Russ.).

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https://doi.org/10.37482/2687-1505-V341

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

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.

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Timofey V. Alekseev, Mozhaisky Military Space Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Assoc. Prof., Prof. at the Department of History and Philosophy, Mozhaisky Military Space Academy

Aleksandr V. Losik, Baltic State Technical University “VOENMEH” named after D.F. Ustinov, St. Petersburg, Russia

Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Prof. at Baltic State Technical University “VOENMEH” named after D.F. Ustinov

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2024-05-07

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Alekseev Т. В., & Losik А. В. (2024). Sugar, Mines, Torpedoes: The Thorny Path of Gidropribor: Review of the book: Shapovalova A.E. Mine Sugar: From a Sugar Refinery to the Production of Marine Underwater Weapons. St. Petersburg, 2022. 230 p. (in Russ.). Vestnik of Northern (Arctic) Federal University. Series "Humanitarian and Social Sciences", 24(2), 135–140. https://doi.org/10.37482/2687-1505-V341

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2024): Vestnik of Northern (Arctic) Federal University. Series "Humanitarian and Social Sciences"

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Reviews and Bibliography

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Copyright (c) 2024 Тимофей Владимирович Алексеев, Александр Витальевич Лосик (Автор)

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