War and Enlightenment in Russia : Military Culture in the Age of Catherine II /

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"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 su...

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Autor principal: Miakinkov, Eugene, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796.
War and society.
Military art and science.
Enlightenment > Influence.
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Siecle des Lumieres > Russie > Influence.
Art et science militaires > Russie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Guerre et societe > Russie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Enlightenment > Russia > Influence.
Military art and science > Russia > History > 18th century.
War and society > Russia > History > 18th century.
Russia.
Russie > Histoire > 1762-1796 (Catherine II)
Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796.
Russia > History, Military > 18th century.
Military history.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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