Until recently, time the name of General VS Mikhailov is rarely found in historical publications, his work itself proceeded in this sphere, which is not subject to universal Review. Created on the eve of the death of his major literary work (published below) - «Essay on the history of military industry» (1928) - not "was released, how come the other major special studies, and vice versa, was hidden under the stamp:" Secret. Used only for military and scientific work and business purposes. " Multiplied in a few numbered copies, he was immediately withdrawn even from departmental circulation, since the author was arrested on false charges of counter-revolutionary conspiracy and executed. The fact of existence in 1928 such work was known only to specialists, committed to the classified material that appeared in this short period of time and could still contain a mention of it. Only recently, when gradually recovered memory of the victims of the communist regime, the name of the executed engineer appeared in print a .