The Military Reforms of Nicholas I

The Origins of the Modern Russian Army

F. Kagan

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN:
  9780333765180
• eBook ISBN:
  9780312299576
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Eastern European History
• Index: History

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 poor to bear the strain. This crisis was the principal driving force behind Russia's reforms of the 1830s, and Nicholas' policies can only be understood within the context of that crisis. Within this context, Frederick Kagan's The Military Reforms of Nicholas I , examines Nicholas' fundamental reorganization of the Russian military administration from 1832-1836, bringing about the birth of the modern Russian army.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• I: Alexander's Legacy: Russia's Administrative-Financial Crisis to 1825
• II: Military Reform and the Codification of Law, 1825–1833
• III: Two Failed Reforms, 1827–1828
• IV: Lessons Lost: The Problems of the 1828 Campaign in Turkey
• V: The War of Administration, 1828–1829
• VI: Preliminary Reform, 1831–1832
• VII: Finance and Administration, 1833–1836
• VIII: The Codification of the Reform, 1833–1838
• IX: The Unfinished Reform: Strategy and Manpower in the 1830s
• Conclusion
• A Note on Russian Laws
• A Note on Archival Materials
• Archival Sources
• Secondary Literature
• Notes
• Index