The Russian Imperial Army 1796�1917

Abstract

Introduction. Part I The Napoleonic and Post-Napoleonic Years, 1796-1855: Military justice and social relations in the prereform army, 1796-1855, Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter The mutiny of the Semenovsky regiment, Joseph L. Wieczynski The Russian military colonies, 1810-31, Richard E. Pipes The army of Nicholas I: its role and character, John Shelton Curtiss The Russian army's use of Balkan irregulars during the 1828-29 Russo-Turkish War, Alexander Bitis. Part II Post-Crimean War to the Eve of the First World War, 1856-1914: Reform in the Russian army, 1856-61, E. Willis Brooks Subject nationalities in the military service of imperial Russia: the case of the Bashkirs, Robert F. Baumann Peasants in uniform: the Tsarist army as a peasant society, John Bushnell Russian officer training in the 1860s-70s: the Helsinki Yunker school, J.E.O. Screen The Tsarist officer corps, 1881-1914: customs, duties, inefficiency, John Bushnell Russian officer corps before the revolution: the military mind, Peter Kenez The formation of the Russian general staff, 1880-1917: a social study, Matitiahu Mayzel Alcoholism in the Russian military: the public sphere and the temperance discourse, 1883-1917, George E. Snow A pioneer of Russian strategic thought: G.A. Leer, 1829-1904, Peter Von Wahlde The revolution of 1905-06 in the army: the incidence and impact of mutiny, John Bushnell. Part III World War and Revolutions: The Russian mobilisation in 1914, L.C.F. Turner Changes in the social composition of the officer corps during World War I, Peter Kenez The imperial Russian Life Guards Grenadier Regiment, 1906-17: the disintegration of an elite unit, David R. Jones The February revolution in the Russian army, Allan Wildman The Russian soldier in 1917: undisciplined, patriotic, and revolutionary, Marc Ferro The Russian general staff and the June 1917 offensive, Robert S. Feldman The officers and the October Revolution, David R. Jones. Part IV Military Economics: The burden of defense in imperial Russia 1725-1914, Walter M. Pintner Index.