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

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14 MARKING TIME T11r Emperor Nicholas I exemplified the militaristic spirit that came naturally to the Romanovs.^1 His natural s ...

(^324) Towards a Modern Army, 1825-1874 1chieve the desired exemplary etlect.^4 The tsar·~ obsession with outward show, iierarch ...

Marking Time 325 two-and-a-half-year struggle cost about half a million soldiers' lives-three- quarters as many as during the wh ...

326 Towards a Modem Army, 1825-1874 extending the network of military schools and tightening administrative con- trols. However, ...

Marking Time 327 selected old soldiers with a given number of years' 'faultles!>' service to their credit, who were sent on w ...

~8 Towards a Modem Army, 1825-1874 tes.^21 The territorial divisions did not survive the test of war and were later 'andoned. Un ...

Marking Time 329 process. in The recruiting boards, too, earned a bad repucation for venalicy. Jn Simbirsk one military receiver ...

330 Towards a Modern Army, 1825-1874 As regards exemptions a cenain irony wa.~ involved. J. S. Curtiss remarks nicely that Nicho ...

Marking Time 331 upon his commander remarked: 'Now there's a Yid for you!q^0 The rnmmenl suggests an underlying ambivalence towa ...

332 Towards a Modem Army, 1825-1874 1ppropriate clothing. As a result of such measures, so War Ministry statistic- ans maintaine ...

Marking Time 333 Russia seem barbaric at first sight', he wrote, 'but on closer inspection turn out to be necessary and even phi ...

334 Towards a Modern Army, 1825-1874 could be lost for the least mistake. Potential applicants for discharge seem to have been d ...

Marking Time 335 group).^68 If veterans were living at home, cared for by relatives or left to their own devices, they qualified ...

16 Towards a Modern Army, 18.25-1874 nited role in the economy. Cash was seen as a luxury compared with such Lsic necessities as ...

A 'Name-day money' (2.734)\ 5.5% Auxiliaries (199) 5.2% I Marking Time Officers (60) 45.2% Officers' table allowances (4) B Auxi ...

Towards a Modern Army, 1825-1874 The Crimean theatre posed an almost unfair test of the army's supply .ystem, since the peninsul ...

Marking Time 339 tors often concentrated on superficial aspects, for instance whether the statutory number of officers were on d ...

340 Towards a Modern Army, 1825-1874 Making allowance for those who passed away in their unit lazarety (where ordinary soldiers ...