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Having graduated from the Artillery and Engineering school in Moscow, he took part in the 1700–1721 Great Northern War with Sweden.
Tatishchev Vasily (1686‒1750) – historian, writer, geographer, economist, state person. He studied at the Moscow Artillery and Engineering Scool under the supervision of General Ya. W. Bruce, participated in many military campaigns: Narva (1705), Poltava (1709), Prut (1711).
Jacob Bruce (1669-1735) of Scottish descent who was a tsar’s confidant and outstanding man of science and of military art 1 and who, in fact, was a leader of Russian sun-
Thus, Moscow became the center of Russian artillery production in the 15th century. A brilliant sample of Russian guns of the 15th century is the bronze pishchal cast by Russian master Jacob in 1491.
The Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation and the Artillery and Engineering Szlachta Corps were the predecessors of the academy. The academy was officially founded as artillery officer school by the order of Generalfeldzeugmeister (highest commander of artillery) of 26 November 1820 №805.
Jacob Daniel Bruce (Russian: Яков Вилимович Брюс, Yakov Vilimovich Bryus, 1669, Moscow – April 30 1735, manor Glinki near Moscow) was a Russian statesman, military leader and scientist of Scottish descent, one of the associates of Peter the Great. His ancestors had lived in Russia since 1649.
Jacob Bruce was one of the best educated people in Russia at the time, a naturalist and astronomer. In 1702, he founded the first Russian observatory; it was located in Moscow in the upper story of the Sukharev Tower .
