The Development of the Firepower of the Russian Army in the first half of the 19th century in Comparison with Enemies as a Factor of Russia's Victories and Defeats in the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars
Journal: Bylye Gody
Year: 2024

The paper compares the firepower of the Russian army during the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War.The authors want to answer the question of how Russia, which defeated Napoleonic Francethe militarily strongest power of the early 19th century -lost the Eastern War to Western democracies represented by Great Britain and France.The authors limit themselves to solving this problem by studying the firepower of the Russian army in comparison with the armies of the opponents, proving that the positio