Title War and enlightenment in Russia : military culture in the age of Catherine II / Eugene Miakinkov

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Between Patronage and Education: The Enlightenmentand the Military Proto-Intelligentsia in Catherine's Russia -- Favourites and Professionals: Merit, Seniority, and Advancement in Catherine's Military -- "We must distinguish the military establishment from other callings": Writers and Ideas of the Russian Military Enlightenment -- "Always remember that he is not a peasant, but a soldier": The Enlightenment and the Shaping of Russian Soldiers -- "Fantastic forms of folly": Individualism and the Performance of Military Culture -- "The gutters of the town were dyed with blood": The Siegeof Izmail, the Russian Military Culture, and the Limits of the Enlightenment at War -- "His Majesty recommends to gentlemen-officers to dress betterand not to stutter": Paul I and the Military Enlightenment Summary "War and Enlightenment in Russia explores how members of the military during the reign of Catherine II reconciled Enlightenment ideas about the equality and moral worth of all humans with the Russian reality based on serfdom, a world governed by autocracy, absolute respect for authority, and subordination to seniority. While there is a sizable literature about the impact of the Enlightenment on government, economy, manners, and literature in Russia, no analytical framework that outlines its impact on the military exists. Eugene Miakinkov's research addresses this gap and challenges the assumption that the military was an unadaptable and vertical institution. Using archival sources, military manuals, essays, memoirs, and letters, the author demonstrates how the Russian militaires philosophes operationalized the Enlightenment by turning thought into reality."-- Provided by publisher Analysis Catherine II Catherine the Great Russia Russian soldiers Suvorov autocracy eighteenth century enlightenment military history professionalization of the military russia and the enlightenment serfdom Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 30, 2020) Print version record Subject Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. SUBJECT Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 fast Subject War and society -- Russia -- History -- 18th century Military art and science -- Russia -- History -- 18th century Enlightenment -- Russia -- Influence HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Enlightenment -- Influence Military art and science War and society SUBJECT Russia -- History, Military -- 18th century Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125793 Subject Russia Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487518196 9781487518202 148751820X 1487518196

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