Soldiers of the Tsar. Army and Society in Russia, 1462-1874 - John L. Keep

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2 3 4 5 6 CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction I MUSCOV !TE ROOTS, Moscow's Men on Horseback The Noble Servitor and His W ...

VI Contents VI TOWARDS A MODERN ARMY, 1825- 14 Marking Time 15 An Age of Reform Bibliography Index ILLUSTRATIONS MAPS 323 351 38 ...

INTRODUCTION THIS is a study of the armed forces' role in sustaining autocratic government and shaping social life in Russia. Fo ...

'"" uuuc.:11urt power and the dvoryanstvo-the Russian equivalent of the European nobility^1 -was from the start one of interdepe ...

Jntroductwn 3 the brunt of the sacrifices that the service state demanded. By 'soldiers' we mean primarily the men in the ranks, ...

11111 UUU<.:tlUfl features of this form of government (for example, paternalism, informality) were beneficent; and it is like ...

Introduction 5 Certainly, one might question whether Russia had a state ideology before the 1830s, and if it did whether this wa ...

6 Introduction na1ionally dislinct (anceslors of lhe Ukrainians and Belorussians) as well as of various non-Slavic peoples in th ...

Introduction 7 specifically devoted to the men who were expected to do the fighting. This is surprising: after all, countless mo ...

8 lnlroduction censors. Most of them accepted these IimitationsJO and their works often echo the caste spirit and chauvinism cha ...

Introduction 9 may wonder why this volume does not contain more statistical exercises tabulating military expenditure per man, c ...

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1 IN the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries the Grand Princes of Moscow acquired a position of pre-eminence over the other ...

Muscovite Roots, 1462- 11obles, most of whom performed it as cavalrymen, accompanied by their <):pendants. Later the obligati ...

Moscow's Men 011 Horseback 15 defence, adopled similar solutions imlependenlly. Afler all, the concept of universal service was ...

16 Muscovite Roots, 1462- 1' l\lahmet-girey crossed the river Oka (which formed the boundary), 'laid waste the country terribly' ...

Moscow's Men on llorseback 17 e Ortl I 15641 Map I. Steppe Fron1icr Dcfcm:c Lines, 16th-17th Centuries ...

18 Muscovite Roots, 1462- The extension of Moscow's power down the Volga waterway in the 1550s Jromised 10 revolutionize the str ...