In the 1830s Russia was facing a crisis. The army was poorly organized, the administration was underdeveloped, inefficient, and corrupt, and the state was too p

Frederick W. Kagan examines Nicholas I's fundamental reorganization of the Russian military administration from 1832-1836. The reforms were conservative, intend

This volume examines how Imperial Russia's armed forces sought to adapt to the challenges of modern warfare. From Peter the Great to Nicholas II, rulers always

This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II -- the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina -- brings the series near t

Extensive study of the Russian military system of the middle 19th century, culminating in defeat during the Crimean War.