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Officers of the Russian Imperial Army. 1900-1917

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Officers of the Russian Imperial Army. 1900-1917
14.99 €
The monograph holistically covers the history of the military estate in 1900-1917. The author examines the trends in the development of the officer corps of that time, subjective and objective factors that influenced it, analyzes the role and place of the military class in the turbulent events of the early XX century. Considerable attention is paid to the socio-psychological peculiarities of the officers of the Imperial Army, showing the conditions of their life and living, outlines the service in peacetime, shows the participation in hostilities. The study is based on a wide range of sources (over 500). Among them are numerous official documents of that time, diaries and memoirs of people occupying different positions in the military hierarchy and society, pre-revolutionary journalism and press, works of former officers of the Russian army written by them in emigration, some works of Soviet historians and our contemporaries who considered certain aspects of the history of Russian officers. Archival photographs of those years are used as illustrative material.
The publication is addressed to both military historians and a wide range of readers, lovers of Russian history.
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