[1910, lifetime] V.K. Shenk Rules for wearing uniforms by officers of all types of weapons and civil ranks of the ...

[1910, lifetime] V.K. Shenk Rules for wearing uniforms by officers of all types of weapons and civil ranks of the military department, St. Petersburg, 1910, with two appendices, also a third Annex., published additionally in 1911. Inscription "To the battle class of the Academy of Arts , 1.03.912 V. Shenk." Complete set of pages and illustrations. Collection safety.

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Vladimir Konstantinovich Shenk (1869-1947) - Guards colonel of the Russian army, member of the White movement in the North-West of Russia, military historian. Educated at the Alexander Cadet Corps. September 1, 1887 entered the military service. After graduating from the 1st Pavlovsk Military School, on August 9, 1888, with the rank of second lieutenant, he was enrolled in the 145th Novocherkassk Infantry Regiment (later he was transferred to the Life Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment). On August 10, 1893, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. After the 1st category he graduated from the Nikolaev Academy of the General Staff. From April 5, 1898 - captain, and from August 10, 1901 - captain. From November 30, 1901 to April 9, 1905 he commanded a company. On November 15 of the same year, he was appointed assistant clerk of the Military Camping Office of His Majesty, and on February 14, 1908, clerk of the same office.

      On March 5, 1911, Nicholas II approved the report of Major General Prince V.N. Orlov on the need to establish a “Commission for the description of military trophies of the Russian army and old Russian banners”, and Colonel Shenk was appointed its chairman. During the Civil War, he served in the North-Western Army, established by the Supreme Ruler of Russia, Admiral Kolchak. After the Civil War he emigrated to Revel. He also bought and sold antiques. In 1939 he moved to Germany. After the Second World War in 1945 he was arrested and taken to the USSR.

       The name of Vladimir Konstantinovich Shenk for many fans of the history of the Russian Imperial Army is most often associated with his famous "Tables of Uniforms of the Russian Army", which was published in 1910. Less well known is another, larger-scale work of this major specialist in the field of uniformology, one of the founders of this historical discipline in Russia. “The rules for wearing uniforms by officers of all types of weapons and civilian ranks of the Military Department” by V.K. Shenk came out, like “Tables of uniforms ...”, in 1910. "Rules ..." of 1910 became the basic, most complete in terms of selection and execution, a set of regulations regarding the rules for wearing military uniforms in Russia in the 1910s, on which all subsequent editions relied. Until 1917, additions and changes were made to the rules for wearing military uniforms, but such a complete collection of guiding documents was no longer created again. The "Rules ..." of 1910 remained relevant even under Soviet rule: the draft "Rules for wearing the uniform of the Red Army", developed in 1943 (but never officially adopted), largely relied on the "Rules ..." 1910 Colonel V.K. Shenk.