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

Recruitment and Service in the Ranks 159 siderable administrative expertise to adjust unit boundaries to demographic changes. Du ...

160 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 happened, allegedly because of the lack of barracks.^91 Paul's idea was to intro- duce forei ...

Recruitment and Service in the Ranks 161 was to ensure greater uniformity and neatness; it was also expected to help in identify ...

!o.L. The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 were on a militia basis, leave was granted, at least in the 1770s under Potemkin, when one ...

Recruitment and Service in the Ranks 163 case by 1812, as we have seen, well-informed foreign observers were stating flatly that ...

164 The Imperial Century, 1725-·/825 adopting a rough manner and sticking to the rule-book, so that his subordinates had to endu ...

Recruitment and Service in the Ranks 165 army for the first time. Rumyantsev, and later Suvorov, were noted for their stress on ...

(^166) The Imperial Century, I 725-1825 was introduced at a time when the regular army was still in a formative phase. 1 his to ...

Recruitment and Service in the Ranks 167 Those court-martial records that have survived have not yet been studied, so that it is ...

i8 The Imperial Century, I 725-1825 This horrifyingly brutal penalty seems to have been applied even more harshly Rus!.ia than i ...

Recruitment and Service in !he Ranks 169 stupor some of their fellows asked him, through their NCO, to have the usual penalty ap ...

0 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 bitrary actions by their subordinates. Regimental colonels in particular joyec; more freedom t ...

Recruitment and Service in the Ranks 171 officers with whom he corresponded to show 'humanity' (chelovekolyubiye). To Prince Nas ...

were to replace the death penalty.^157 But at the same time Paul's new military ;;tatute!' casually opened the way to greater us ...

Recruitment and Service in the Ranks 173 striking than might have been expected. 'Merciless' and 'cruel' penalties were prohibit ...

174 The Imperial Century, J 725-1825 ch. 11), brought no immediate improvement in their men's plight. Juridically, they were sca ...

8 THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL As in other European armies of the day, in return for his services the Russian soldier received pay, ...

pC'ssessed. The authorities indulged this vanity up to a point, but were con- rned lest too many men be taken off active duty an ...

The Strn~gle for Survi1·£J/ 177 produced carriages, sledges. and similar items of excellent quality which were sold in the neigh ...

178 The Imperial Century, 1725-1825 used to keep order at private theatrical performances earned no less than 600 roubles a mont ...