The monograph holistically covers the history of the military estate in 1900-1917. The author considers the development trends of the officer corps of that time, subjective and objective factors that influenced it analyze the role and place of the military estate in the turbulent events of the early XX century. Considerable attention is paid to the socio-psychological features of the officers of the imperial army, the conditions of their life and life are shown, the service is outlined in peacetime, participation in hostilities is shown. The study is based on a wide range of sources (over 500). Among them are numerous official documents of that time, the diaries and memoirs of people who occupied a different position in the military hierarchy and society, pre -revolutionary journalism and the press, the works of former officers of the Russian army, written by them in exile, some work of Soviet historians and our contemporaries who considered certain aspects of the history of Russian officers. Archive photographer was used as illustrative material …
Author
SURYAEV Valery Nikolaevich
Editor
Nastenko Igor Anatolyevich
Publisher
Russian panorama, 2012
Series
Pages of Russian history
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