War and Enlightenment in Russia

War and Enlightenment in Russia

Military Culture in the Age of Catherine II

Miakinkov, Eugene

University of Toronto Press

06/2020

336

Dura

Inglês

9781487503543

15 a 20 dias

640

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Introduction

1. Between Patronage and Education: The Enlightenment and the Military Pre-Intelligentsia in Catherine's Russia

2. Favourites and Professionals: Merit, Seniority, and Advancement in Catherine's Military

3. "We must distinguish the military establishment from other callings": Writers and Ideas of the Russian Military Enlightenment

4. "Always remember that he is not a peasant, but a soldier": The Enlightenment and the Shaping of Russian Soldiers

5. "Fantastic forms of folly": Individualism and the Performance of Military Culture

6. "The gutters of the town were dyed with blood": The Siege of Izmail, Russian Military Culture, and the Limits of the Enlightenment at War

7. "His Majesty recommends to gentlemen-officers to dress better and not to stutter": Paul I and the Military Enlightenment

Conclusion: The Legacy of the Enlightenment in Russian Military Culture

Bibliography
military history; enlightenment; russia and the enlightenment; Catherine II; Catherine the Great; Suvorov; Russia; eighteenth century; serfdom; autocracy; professionalization of the military; Russian soldiers