Military Affairs of the Muscovite State. From Vasily the Dark to Mikhail Romanov. Second half of the 15th – early 17th centuries.
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Military Affairs of the Muscovite State. From Vasily the Dark to Mikhail Romanov. Second half of the 15th – early 17th centuries.
14.99 €
For a long time, Russian public opinion has held a view of the military affairs of the early modern Russian state (the second half of the 15th to the late 17th centuries) as archaic, primitive, and backward. The vivid image of the Muscovite warrior, who dreamed of serving the sovereign without drawing his saber, formed during the time of Peter the Great, left an indelible impression on subsequent generations of Russian historians, who disparaged the level of Russian military development during the Muscovite era. However, such disparaging assessments are clearly at odds with historical reality. Over the two and a half centuries, from the mid-15th to the late 17th centuries, the Russian state achieved considerable success in foreign policy: not only did it conquer three Tatar "kingdoms" and defeat the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Two Hundred Years' War, but it also became an empire itself. Achieving such impressive successes would have been impossible without a reliable and effective "last resort of kings"—a good, combat-ready army and a sufficient level of military development.
But what was this "last resort" of the Muscovite rulers that enabled them to achieve such impressive successes? This question is answered in a book by Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor V.V. Pensky, which explores Russian military affairs from the second half of the 15th to the early 17th centuries, when the Muscovite military machine was created and tested in numerous battles and campaigns. This study focuses not on battles, but on the history of military affairs: the size of the sovereign's army, the specifics of its structure and command, logistics, military finances, tactics and strategy, siege warfare, weaponry, and much more.
But what was this "last resort" of the Muscovite rulers that enabled them to achieve such impressive successes? This question is answered in a book by Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor V.V. Pensky, which explores Russian military affairs from the second half of the 15th to the early 17th centuries, when the Muscovite military machine was created and tested in numerous battles and campaigns. This study focuses not on battles, but on the history of military affairs: the size of the sovereign's army, the specifics of its structure and command, logistics, military finances, tactics and strategy, siege warfare, weaponry, and much more.
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