Introduction: the Russian Army and society * The 'Great Programme': military and industrial reforms in 1914 * The strategic situation * Organisation of the armed forces * Chronology of campaigns * Uniforms: Parade & service dress, Guards, line, Cossacks, specialist troops and services * Non-Russian formations * Russian elite units * Weapons * Tactics * Colour plates commentary
NIK CORNISH was born in Cardiff in 1954, and currently lives and works in exile in the south of England. Formerly a teacher, he founded STAVKA Military Research, specialising in eastern European conflicts, at the end of the last century. This is his first book for the Osprey Military series. ANDREI KARACHTCHOUK was born in 1966 in the town of Mitishi, not far from Moscow where he now lives and works. He is a well-known artist of military subjects in Russia, and is active in re-enactment circles. He is also a sculptor who makes, among other projects, master models for the UK-based Anglo-Russian Toy Soldier (ARTS) Company. His previous work for Osprey Military appears in MAA 293 & 305, Russian Civil War Armies (1) Red Army, and (2) White Armies.
..". a wealth of information essential to anyone interested in the
RCW from Murmansk to the Ukraine and Crimea to Siberia and the Far
East... What is most striking about [this book] is the evolution of
the skill of the artist Andrei Karachtchouk... In "The Russian
Army, " he has really outdone himself... an essential part of
anyone's Russian Civil War library." -"HMG Reviewing Stand"
.".. a wealth of information essential to anyone interested in the
RCW from Murmansk to the Ukraine and Crimea to Siberia and the Far
East... What is most striking about [this book] is the evolution of
the skill of the artist Andrei Karachtchouk... In "The Russian
Army, " he has really outdone himself... an essential part of
anyone's Russian Civil War library." -"HMG Reviewing Stand"
"... a wealth of information essential to anyone interested in the
RCW from Murmansk to the Ukraine and Crimea to Siberia and the Far
East... What is most striking about [this book] is the evolution of
the skill of the artist Andrei Karachtchouk... In "The Russian
Army, " he has really outdone himself... an essential part of
anyone's Russian Civil War library." -"HMG Reviewing Stand"
.,." a wealth of information essential to anyone interested in the
RCW from Murmansk to the Ukraine and Crimea to Siberia and the Far
East... What is most striking about [this book] is the evolution of
the skill of the artist Andrei Karachtchouk... In "The Russian
Army," he has really outdone himself... an essential part of
anyone's Russian Civil War library." -"HMG Reviewing Stand"
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