The military reforms of Nicholas I
Subtitle: the origins of the modern Russian army
By: Frederick W. Kagan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855.; Russia. Armii͡a︡ -- History -- 19th century.; Russia. Armii͡a︡ -- Reorganization.; Russia -- History -- Nicholas I, 1825-1855.; Russia -- History, Military.
Description: In the 1830s, Russia was facing a crisis: The army was poorly organized, the administration was underdeveloped, inefficient, and corrupt, and the state was too poor to bear the strain. His senior military and financial advisors alerted Nicholas I to the crisis, and he then deliberately tried to conceal it. This situation, which escaped observers at the time, as well as most historians since, was the principal driving force behind Russia's reforms of the 1830s.

Within this context, Frederick Kagan's The Military Reforms of Nicholas I examines Nicholas' reorganization of the Russian military administration from 1832 to 1836.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-274) and index.