Marks russian military history Web page by Mark Conrad, 2004, 2010. It follows that the chief distinction between the army and other state organizations is that it is armed, which is to say that in order to fulfill its functions it has a complex of different kinds of weapons and means which support its purpose. e. Swiss Infantry. Together with A. 1817. . Four years later he was an Oberlieutenant [senior lieutenant] of the general staff when the 1809 campaign In Russian history the 17th century is still perceived by many through the prism of Peter the Great s time. Pages 44 et seq. VISKOVATOV Compiled by HIGHEST direction Saint Petersburg, Military Typography Office, 1862 [T RANSLATED BY M ARK C ONRAD, 2012] ------------------------------ Changes in the uniform and arms of the army from 20 November, 1825, to 18 From Istoriya 65-go pekhotnago Moskovskago Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Gosudarya Naslednika Tsesarevicha polka 1642-1700-1890, by Staff-Captain Ya. In the Military Order Cuirassier Regiment: For lower ranks— black collar, cuffs, shoulder straps, waistcoat, sash, sabertache, shabrack, and pistol holders; coat lace with two black stripes and one white; on the sabertache—yellow, and on the shabrack and pistol holders—yellow with a black stripe (Illus. Rob Thomas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for sharing his color photographs of a selection of Viskovatov’s hand-colored plates, obtained with great effort from a special Imperial edition of this work held in Russia. I. (From Sytin’s Voennaya Entsiklopediya, c, 1913) KITEL’. Yermolov. 1810s. M. Click here for a close up view, and here for a look at one of the shakos. However, nowhere in the sources does one find a detailed or even approximately complete enumeration of all of those forces that at the time were designated as irregular or cossacks Russian State Military History Archive. Lefortovo Palace: the Russian Military History Archive in Moscow (From Nashe Nasledie, 19/1991). The second photo shows men in drab field uniforms and a variety of headgear. 1023). (Right) Sarbaz officer and irregular horseman. Vera Mikhailovna Alekseeva-Borel worked with this archive for many years and wrote a book on her father that is at the same time a history of the Russian army in which M. Page 24: (Top) Soldiers of regular Persian infantry. Feb 7, 2010 · Special thanks to Mr. , Austrian field marshal. I. He collected valuable material on the history of the Russian navy which went into A Short Overview of Russian Naval Campaigns and General Voyages to the End of the XVII Century (St. History of the Polish Uprising and War, 1830-1831, by Smit, translated by Kvitnitskii, and Military Archives No. Another photo shows the same uniform, as well as a non-commissioned officer musician in an older uniform without buttons. The main changes may be divided into two periods: the first group to 1763, and the second to 1786. Aug 22, 2017 · He collected valuable material on the history of the Russian navy which went into A Short Overview of Russian Naval Campaigns and General Voyages to the End of the XVII Century (St. N. Such an approach is a vestige of the struggle between Westernizers and Slavophiles. In a short review it is impossible to show all the kinds of documentary memorials in the archive. Below is a photo of a typical Russian private from this time. Feb 1, 2010 · He collected valuable material on the history of the Russian navy which went into A Short Overview of Russian Naval Campaigns and General Voyages to the End of the XVII Century (St. This first photograph from about 1910 shows a pair of Swiss soldiers from Battalions No. In 1812 the armament of the Russian army consisted of cold-steel weapons and firearms, as well as He collected valuable material on the history of the Russian navy which went into A Short Overview of Russian Naval Campaigns and General Voyages to the End of the XVII Century (St. Feb 28, 2025 · Lefortovo Palace: the Russian Military History Archive in Moscow (From Nashe Nasledie, 19/1991). This second photograph from about 1911 (I think that is what is written on the signboard) is of the ammunition supply section of the Battalion No. During the Cold War, the greatly enlarged armed forces suppressed rebellions in Eastern Europe and became a nuclear superpower hostile to NATO, as well as China after 1960. As a piece of summer clothing for military personnel, the kitel’ was first authorized in 1796 for cavalry lower ranks for wear while caring for horses, and in 1802 for lower ranks in pioneer units for sapper duties. I cannot make out any lettering on the standing man's stiff should straps, but the soft straps of the musician definitely have something. Page by Mark Conrad, 2004. Mikhailovskii-Danilevskii he helped prepare and create the Military Gallery in the Winter Palace. Chast' 1-ya, 1700-1762. HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CLOTHING AND ARMS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY VOLUME 30 Irregular Troops, Temporary Forces, Flags, Orders, and Medals 1825-1855 A. State History Museum. from P. Illus. Hess: Heinrich Freiherr von H. V. They contained only the officer’s name and information about his awards, and were compiled by regiment (within a regiment - by rank). VISKOVATOV Compiled by HIGHEST direction Saint Petersburg, Military Typography Office, 1853 [TRANSLATED BY MARK CONRAD, 1998] VOLUME 11 Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Horse-Jägers, Hussars, Lancers, Gendarmes, and the Train 1801-1825 _________________ Lefortovo Palace: the Russian Military History Archive in Moscow (From Nashe Nasledie, 19/1991). It was only withdrawn from the forefront of the forces for that time necessary to An army is the armed organization of the state. Frantseva. 3108, "Journal of the military operations of the 3rd Infantry Division from 12 January to 11 April,1831. During military operations in 1812, 1813, and 1814, the 2nd Kalmuck Regiment had an old straw-colored flag with painted inscriptions and gold images of an armed horseman, beasts, and birds. Paris, 1967. Page by Mark Conrad, 2009. Uniforms from 1762. This distinguished general was born in Vienna on 17 March 1788 and began his military career in 1805 as a Fähnrich [ensign] in Infanterie-Regiment Graf Gyulay. Is that a revolver tucked into the ammunition waistbelt of the soldier on the left? He wears aiguilettes and a gorget indicating military police or gendarmerie. During the campaign year of 1812 there were about three times as many mounted cossack regiments in the Russian army as regular cavalry regiments, and in total they counted twice as many combatants in their ranks. 46, in the By L. Russian battle paintings and artists, Artillery Museum (Slava Russkogo Oruzhiya, 2003). Officers received oilcloth covers for their caps, boots of Russian leather and calfskin, and a pair of long leggings made from gray cloth and lined with similarly colored basin, closed on the sides by double silver buttons and provided with black leather straps under the feet, these straps ending in blackened metal buckles. Feb 20, 2010 · HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CLOTHING AND ARMS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY A. Translated by Mark Conrad, 1997. The group on the right appears to be one or more medics tending to a wounded man. Kutuzov. As the keeper of military historical documents, it has long occupied a secure place as the basic source for research into our national military history. A peacetime order of battle of the Russian Army for July of 1914, listing all corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, and independent battalions of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers with their garrison locations. Generals' and officers' ranks according to the Table of Ranks, under Peter I. , one level higher than the Army), while in the Engineers THE RUSSIAN WHITE FATIGUE SMOCK, OR KITEL’. 76 and 77, as indicated by the numbers on their shakos. Note 1: From V. 1. For members of the Russian army on active service but not in one of the military camps, there was established a special cross, without the inscription of a camp's name, but rather only with the commerative dates "1920-1921" on the horizontal arms of the cross. " 1 showed themselves with great disinction. Nov 5, 2024 · A masterful history of how war and insecurity, both real and perceived, have driven Russia's destiny for centuries, including the disastrous invasion of Ukraine. This kitel’ was a surtout [syurtuk] made of coarse white linen with Heinrich von Hess, Commander of the Austrian Army during the Crimean War. In front of the attendees appeared Staff Captain T. Smirnov. Russia s victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 is forever tied to the name of the Russian military genius M. Russian State Military History Archive. Here is another typical Russian soldier from the same period, but this time a non-commissioned officer. Putin retains his stranglehold on his position in Russia despite an almost ruinous invasion of Ukraine. M. Alekseev served for more than forty years. Problems of this type in regard to the study of 17th-century Russian history are well noted by the Danish historian Sven Oge Christensen[i], and are in addition to the general lack of research on military He collected valuable material on the history of the Russian navy which went into A Short Overview of Russian Naval Campaigns and General Voyages to the End of the XVII Century (St. The back of the photo has some writing in Estonian. Petersburg, 1864; 2nd edition Moscow, 1946). [x] The Imperial Russian Military Historical Society became interested in this question, debating it at a meeting of the Section for Regimental and Ship Histories on 29 November 1910. Here are concentrated documents from practically all the central military establishments of Russia. Lefortovo Palace: the Russian Military History Archive in Moscow (From Nashe Nasledie, 19/1991). Zemichkovskii, the historian of the Pskov Regiment, with a report. The answer The company acted gloriously and was one of the first to enter Polotsk. Zvegintsov, Russkaya Armiya. (Bottom left) Militia man, drummer, and infantryman of the regular infantry. AmministrationiDipendenti:IspezioneGeneraledelleLeve (General Inspectorate of the Conscription), UditoratoGeneralediGuerra (General Military Auditoriat), in Torino and the Divisions, Corpo delle Intendenze Militari (Intendance Corps), in the Divisions; RegioMagazzinodelleMerci (Royal Stores Magazine); QuartierMastroperl armata (Army Feb 5, 2010 · He collected valuable material on the history of the Russian navy which went into A Short Overview of Russian Naval Campaigns and General Voyages to the End of the XVII Century (St. Comprehensive lists of all the officers in the Russian army were prepared very rarely. This photo has no identifying details. For this, from that day onward Markov s recruits were gladly and unreservedly accepted into the ranks of Graf Wittgenstein s courageous fighters, in the vanguard of which the company served for the entire war until the taking of Paris itself. Guards ranks were two levels higher than corresponding ranks of the Army. Warsaw, 1890. In the Artillery, the ranks from colonel to lieutenant were in classes 5-10 (i. , one level higher than the Army), while in the Engineers The newly established Military Commission [Voennaya Kommissiya] thought up various changes that were the basis for the constant alterations made to the regiment’s uniforms during the 34-year reign of Catherine II. These are from my notes from my short visit to the Russian State Military Historical Archive [Rossiiskii Gosudarstvennyi Voenno-Istoricheskii Arkhiv] in Moscow in April-May 2001. 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