Officers of the Russian Navy of the Great War (a View through the Prism of Quantitative Research Methods). Review of: Nazarenko, K. B. (2018). Zakat tsarskogo flota. Morskie ofitsery Pervoi mirovoi voiny [The Decline of the Tsarist Navy: Naval Officers of World War I]. Moscow: Yauza-katalog; Yakor’. 384 p.
Journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts
Year: 2019

This review deals with the monograph of K. B. Nazarenko, a historian, dedicated to the naval officers of Russia in the era of World War I. The work under review is based on the use of historical and statistical methods of analysis, primarily, prosopography. Its application allows the author of the book to give a detailed description of various groups of the naval officer corps. Nazarenko’s study fits into the context of modern historiography, parallels are drawn with some works by other historia