His productivity in this area was enormous and compared favourably with his indefatigability as an entrepreneur: his first work, Russkie bzheleznie/b dorogi [Russian railways], appeared in 1875. ... Bloch attracted international attention only with his magnum opus, which for a time established his reputation as one of the bmost/b influential pacifists of Europe. It was the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) that stirred Bloch's interest in military affairs. ...
He invested capital in the sugar, timber, and paper industries and bought up bestates/b and shares in public companies. In the second half of the 1870s, he reached the zenith of his career. He was co-founder of a merchant bank, ... Bloch attracted international attention only with his magnum opus, which for a time established his reputation as one of the bmost/b influential pacifists of Europe. It was the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) that stirred Bloch's interest in military ...
