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

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State^119 officers in the tsar's service. These contacts were often antagonistic, but they di ...

120 The Warrior Tsar, 1689-1725 stead'.^6 In this way the fear of some and the zeal of others would combine to advance the inter ...

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 121 The obligation to denounce those in hiding extended to their relatives, who were to ...

122 The Warrior Tsar, 1689-1725 :hose by the soldiers we have already discussed, that they had not been paid and were suffering ...

'· The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 123 Another edict that had unforeseen social consequences was designed to pre- vent ...

124 The Warrior Tsar, 1689-1725 as a logical outgrowth of earlier Russian practice in harnessing the elite to state service. Con ...

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 125 a number of years in a particular grade. The latter had the implication of qual- it ...

.26 The Warrior Tsar, 1689-1725 imited-less than has hitherto been assumed by historians misled by the tpparently radical charac ...

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 127 when he fell from grace-president of the War College, the most powerful of the new ...

128 The Warrior Tsar. 1689-1725 :he civil branch, they suffered diminished prestige and were nevertheless regimented on military ...

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 129 military service become permanent for its noble classes'. (^47) Let us add that thi ...

30 The Warrior Tsar, 1689-1725 im.^49 At the district level the voivode was replaced by a commandant (komen- ant), but this was ...

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 131 of the old territorial division, the district.^54 These men, who replaced the com- ...

132 The Warrior Tsar, 1689-1725 Swedish peasant. This was partiy because of Russia's social and institutional backwardness, and ...

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 133 The collection of information, or 'revision' of census data (the word reviziya was ...

l34 The Warrior Tsar, 1689-1725 .vere only allowed second pickings, as it were, after the two military men had :aken their share ...

The Noble Servitor and the Perrine State 135 to interfere in relations between serfs and their masters, yet he had an obliga- ti ...

Table I Estimated numbers Estimated cost ('000 roubles, rounded) neral staff 184 91 ·::!ry -+..J,04'. ... 765 ards } 62,454 882 ...

The Noble Servitor and the Petrine State 137 largely self-supporting. For the purposes of calculating the poll tax, Peter rounde ...

listorians have generally taken a similar view, which for long seemed to be ven beyond all doubt by P. N. Milyukov's detailed re ...