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Muscovy'S Soldiers - The Emergence of the Russian Army 1462-1689 (Paperback)
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Muscovy'S Soldiers - The Emergence of the Russian Army 1462-1689 (Paperback)
Series: Century of the Soldier
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The book describes and analyses the emergence of the early modern
Russian army, before the military reforms introduced by Tsar Peter
the Great brought it in line with developments in Western Europe.
It will be shown that Tsar Peter's reforms, although decisive,
rested on a legacy of previous reforms. Yet, the origin of the
early modern Russian army can be found in the East, not the West.
The close association during the Middle Ages with the Mongol Golden
Horde had transformed the Muscovite military system into a Eurasian
one. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, links with the
Northern Caucasus and Siberia brought further Oriental influences
into the Russian military system. While the Mongol legacy of the
early Muscovite army has been described elsewhere, the real and
continuous impact of Oriental influences in the early modern
Russian army has not yet been detailed. Besides, the detailed
information on the Russian army in 1673/1674 which can be found in
the military handbook then produced by a Swedish intelligence
officer has never been fully used in English-language works. This
information shows that by the second half of the seventeenth
century, Russia already had an army that although not up to date
according to Western standards, still was able to hold its own
against both Western and Eastern adversaries. The book ends with
1689, when Tsar Peter's reign began and Russia's border in the east
with China was negotiated.
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