Polotsk war. Sketches of the history of the Russian-Lithuanian confrontation of the times of Ivan the Terrible. 1562-1570
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Polotsk war. Sketches of the history of the Russian-Lithuanian confrontation of the times of Ivan the Terrible. 1562-1570
5.99 €
In the history of the Russian-Polish-Lithuanian confrontation, which lasted intermittently for two hundred years, from 1486 to 1686, the war of 1562-1570 occupies the most important place. During this conflict, which can rightly be called the Polotsk War, it was Polotsk that became Ivan the Terrible's main target, and the main events unfolded around it. In the course of this conflict two political systems, the Muscovite Rus and the Lithuanian Rus, held examinations. And if Muscovite Rus passed this hardest test, Lithuanian Rus failed the test and as a result of the war ceased to exist as a political entity, de facto absorbed by Poland as a result of the Union of Lublin in 1569. The unfortunate course of the Polotsk War, which, despite the fact that the Lithuanian troops repeatedly defeated the Russian regiments, was won by Moscow on "points", predetermined the end of the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and changed the history of Eastern Europe for several centuries ahead.
Of all the components of the history of the Polotsk war, it is its military history that is studied in domestic and even more so in foreign historiography in a clearly insufficient way and is accompanied by a trail of long-standing myths and misconceptions. This is largely due to the fact that the attention of researchers, as a rule, was attracted by the turbulent events of Russian political history in the 60s of the XVI century. In a better position was only the main event of the war - the siege and capture of Polotsk by Russian troops, but this significant event is not exhausted by the history of this war. This study is intended to correct at least partially this injustice. Without pretending to the absolute completeness and finality of the description of the conflict, the author believes that this work will be of interest to teachers, students and all those interested in the military history of Russia in the 16th century, the history of Russian military affairs and Russian society of that era.
Of all the components of the history of the Polotsk war, it is its military history that is studied in domestic and even more so in foreign historiography in a clearly insufficient way and is accompanied by a trail of long-standing myths and misconceptions. This is largely due to the fact that the attention of researchers, as a rule, was attracted by the turbulent events of Russian political history in the 60s of the XVI century. In a better position was only the main event of the war - the siege and capture of Polotsk by Russian troops, but this significant event is not exhausted by the history of this war. This study is intended to correct at least partially this injustice. Without pretending to the absolute completeness and finality of the description of the conflict, the author believes that this work will be of interest to teachers, students and all those interested in the military history of Russia in the 16th century, the history of Russian military affairs and Russian society of that era.
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