Muscovy's Soldiers

Muscovy's Soldiers

Author: Michael Fredholm von Essen

Publisher: Century of the Soldier

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781912390106

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The early modern Russian army emerged from contacts with Mongols, the Caucasus, and Siberia, yet held its own against adversaries such as Sweden, Turkey, and China.


Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630-1635

Muscovy and Sweden in the Thirty Years' War 1630-1635

Author: B. F. Porshnev

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-12-07

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780521451390

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This is an English translation of important writings on the Thirty Years' War by the great Soviet historian B. F. Porshnev. Little is known of the Muscovite contribution to the conflict and Paul Dukes - arguably Britain's senior historian of ancien regime Russia - has selected the most valuable areas of Porshnev's unparalleled archival research to fill a crucial gap in the literature of the seventeenth century. In placing this work in the context of Porshnev's larger undertaking, Professor Dukes' substantial introduction assesses Porshnev's critics and evaluates his contribution to our understanding of the Thirty Years' War and of relations between Eastern and Western Europe at the time. A significant reinterpretation of a fascinating period, the book will interest both Russian specialists and those working more generally in seventeenth- century European history.


Modernizing Muscovy

Modernizing Muscovy

Author: Jarmo Kotilaine

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 1134397429

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First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic change in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstrates the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia’s transition to one of the great powers of the world. The book’s broad scope makes it a veritable encyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarship and breaks new ground in many important areas.


Foreigners in Muscovy

Foreigners in Muscovy

Author: Simon Dreher

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-15

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1000802981

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Between the late fifteenth and early eighteenth centuries, the State of Muscovy emerged from being a rather homogenous Russian-speaking and Orthodox medieval principality to becoming a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire. Not only the conquest of the neighbouring Tatar Khanates and the colonisation of Siberia demanded the integration of non-Christian populations into the Russian state. The ethnic composition of the capital and other towns also changed due to Muscovite policies of recruiting soldiers, officers, and specialists from various European countries, as well as the accommodation of merchants and the resettlement of war prisoners and civilians from annexed territories. The presence of foreign immigrants was accompanied by controversy and conflicts, which demanded adaptations not only in the Muscovite legal, fiscal, and economic systems but also in the everyday life of both native citizens and immigrants. This book combines two major research fields on international relations in the State of Muscovy: the migration, settlement, and integration of Western Europeans, and Russian and European perceptions of the respective "other". Foreigners in Muscovy will appeal to researchers and students interested in the history and social makeup of Muscovy and in European–Russian relations during the early modern era.


The Russian Empire and Grand Duchy of Muscovy

The Russian Empire and Grand Duchy of Muscovy

Author: Jacques Margeret

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 2010-11-23

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 082297701X

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Translated by Chester S. L. Dunning Jacques Margeret was a mercenary soldier who arrived in Russia in 1600 during the reign of Boris Godunov. For six years he served Boris and his successor Tsar Dmitri Ivanovich, first as co-commander of foreign troops and later as captain of the elite palace guard. Margeret offers a unique first-hand account of the political intrigues of this turbulent time and ponders the question of the pretender's true identity. Writing for the French public, to whom Muscovy was virtually unknown, Margeret also describes Russian geography, climate, flora and fauna, customs, the Russian Orthodox Church, the military, and daily life at court. Dunning has translated the edition first printed in France in 1607 and provided notes identifying obscure references and evaluating the accuracy of Margeret's observations in light of accumulated historical research.


The Formation of Muscovy 1300 - 1613

The Formation of Muscovy 1300 - 1613

Author: Robert O. Crummey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1317871995

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This is a comprehensive account of the rise of the late medieval Russian monarchy with Moscow as its capital, which was to become the territorial core of the Soviet Union. The legacy of the Grand Princes and Tsars of Muscovy -- a tradition of strong governmental authority, the absence of legal corporations, and the requirement that all Russians contribute to the defence of the nation -- has shaped Russia's historical development down to our own time.


The Discovery of Muscovy

The Discovery of Muscovy

Author: Richard Hakluyt

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-04-26

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13:

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The relations between England and Russia were formed during Queen Elizabeth's reign through the expedition by Sir Hugh Willoughby. It was completed by Richard Chanceler or Chancellor, the captain of the Edward Bonaventure. The story of the Chancellor's voyage and the subsequent efforts to open Muscovy to English trade is presented in this book.


Firearms

Firearms

Author: Kenneth Warren Chase

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-07-07

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521822749

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This book is a history of firearms across the world from the 1100s up to the 1700s, from the time of their invention in China to the time when European firearms had become clearly superior. It asks why it was the Europeans who perfected firearms when it was the Chinese who had invented them, but it answers this question by looking at how firearms were used throughout the world.