The Military and Society in Russia 1450-1917 (History of Warfare)

✍ Scribed by Eric Lohr, Marshall Poe

• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 576
• Series: History of warfare volume 14
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores the interaction of the Russian military and society in the early modern and modern period. In contrast to straightforward military histories, the volume is concerned with the myriad political, economic and cultural currents that shaped the Russian armed forces from their beginnings in Muscovite times to the end of World War I. The book begins with an attempt by the editors to provide a large frame in which to place the various contributions. What follows are three topical sections, including 22 detailed, often archival based monographic articles. The first section concerns The Military and Society in Muscovy; the second section focuses on The Military and Society in Imperial Russia. The third part analyzes Patriotism, Nationality, Religion and the Military.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
List of Maps......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Maps......Page 18
Introduction: The Role of War in Russian History......Page 26
PART I: The Military and Society in Muscovy......Page 42
Troop Mobilization by the Muscovite Grand Princes (1313–1533)......Page 44
The Costs of Muscovite Military Defense and Expansion......Page 66
In Defense of the Realm: Russian Arms Trade and Production in the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Century......Page 92
The Second Chigirin Campaign: Late Muscovite Military Power in Transition......Page 122
Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich: Muscovite Military Command Style and Legacy to Russian Military History......Page 144
Evaluating Peter's Army: The Impact of Internal Organization......Page 172
PART II: Military and Society in Imperial Russia......Page 198
The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650–1831......Page 200
The Russian Army in the Seven Years War......Page 222
Military Service and Social Hierarchy: The View from Eighteenth-Century Russian Theater......Page 246
The Nobility and the Officer Corps in the Nineteenth Century......Page 266
Imperial War Games (1898–1906): Symbolic Displays of Power or Practical Training?......Page 278
Military Aviation, National Identity, and the Imperatives of Modernity in Late Imperial Russia......Page 298
"To Build a Great Russia": Civil-Military Relations in the Third Duma, 1907–12......Page 318
PART III: Patriotism, Nationality, Religion and the Military......Page 348
Battle for the Divine Sophia? Ivan IV's Campaigns against Polotsk and Novgorod......Page 350
Tatars in the Muscovite Army during the Livonian War......Page 390
Baptizing Mars: The Conversion to Russian Orthodoxy of European Mercenaries during the Mid-Seventeenth Century......Page 414
'Guardians of the Faith' Jewish Traditional Societies in the Russian Army: The Case of the Thirty-Fifth Briansk Regiment......Page 438
Swords into Plowshares: Opposition to Military Service Among Sectarians, 1770s to 1874......Page 466
The Response of the Population of Moscow to the Napoleonic Occupation of 1812......Page 494
The Holy Sepulcher and the Origin of the Crimean War......Page 516
Military Reform, Moral Reform, and the End of the Old Regime......Page 532
The Russian Military and the Jews in Galicia, 1914–15......Page 550
C......Page 570
G......Page 571
M......Page 572
P......Page 573
S......Page 574
Z......Page 575