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

The Struggle for Survival 199 what circumstances a woman who married a soldier (before or after his induc- tion) would opt for a ...

200 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 manpC'wer for the forces. If they were encouraged or coerced into following in their fathers ...

9 THE MIND IN THE MACHINE THE idea that Russian soldiers should be educated for their own benefit would have struck most of thei ...

202 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 be a relief in levying recruits from the people'.^1 The qualifications here were important. ...

The Mind in the Machine 203 Paul I made provision for 8,000 pupils in 63 schools and centralized their administration. They were ...

204 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 over-crowding', ran an official report, 'not only helps disease to spread among the pupils b ...

The Mind in the Machine 205 those with democratic or secular sympathies, were prone to exaggerate or misconstrue the Church's in ...

206 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 distrustful of generally accepted values. The idea that by deliberate propaganda mel" could ...

The Mind in the Machine 207 generosity towards the unfortunate, and so on. Most of the feats which Glinka cited were by members ...

208 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 German officer who, a few years earlier, claimed that Russian soldiers were naturally servil ...

The Mind in the Machine 209 tale: he came across a soldier who had lost both arms and was being nursed by a comrade. The cripple ...

210 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 And trained the soldiers with a kindly voice. Let us mourn him, 0 soldiers, For our born fat ...

The Mind in the Machine 211 certain outstanding individuals who bore this heavy burden could, in his view, play a redemptive rol ...

212 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 accommodation, and conduct-also a useful weapon against highly-placed rivals, as Segur noted ...

The Mind in the Machine Uniforms are now in green, The frosts are chillier yet And shoes are worn on unstockinged feet.^55 213 T ...

14 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 ighly critical verses that circulated about Arakcheyev, who is blamed for hav- 1g 'destroyed ...

The Mind in the Machine 215 enlightenment before critical Western opinion. There were of course excep- tions. In 1812 Yermolov e ...

216 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 gua:-antee that our Kalmyks and Cossacks did not commit such atrocities in some places, espe ...

The Mind in the Machine Long Jive Count Suvorov! Thou livest by the truth And Jeadest us soldiers justly!^72 21 The third area w ...

218 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 control of the khanate and foreshadowed its annexation in 1783) may be sensed from the follo ...