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Bibliography on Eastern European Warfare

Post by Charles XII » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:19 pm

Hello together,

I´m searching for books on the theme mentioned in the title and would be very happy if some one could name some good books (preferebly non-Ospreys), especially on Russian military history between 1650 - 1721. At best for land, naval and fortress warfare.

Thanks a lot

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Post by hwiccee » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:51 am

Do you want history, rather than uniforms/organisation, etc?

Also can you read Russian or Polish?
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Post by Charles XII » Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:41 pm

Hello,

up to now I can only offer German and English but I´m willing to learn other languages.
Do you want history, rather than uniforms/organisation, etc?
Both, if possible. There can be never enough information :twisted:
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Post by hwiccee » Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:31 am

Ok well here goes.

The first thing to say is that this is really for the Petrine period - 1690 to 1720. I am not really that interested in the period before and can't recommend much. I have a few very good Polish books on the earlier period. here is a link to one and if you search around on this site there are more - http://wysylkowa.pl/ks868237.html

On the Petrine Period I can't help you with German books. There are some OK books in English and of course a lot of books in Russian. There isn't a particular good Russian book that I know of covering the whole period but there are lots of good books on specific subjects.

I think that if I was you I would start with the English books as these are the easiest to get and then go from there.

I think that I would recommend 3 books to start with.

For uniforms there is the 2nd GNW book by Hogland, Sallnas and Bespalov - you will find details here, http://www.acedia.se/engbok.htm

It is worth saying that this Bespalov is a prolific writer on this period in Russian and also worth searching for.

For History your best bet is to start with biographies of Peter the Great. I would guess that there are some goood ones in German but in English the best is probably 'Peter the Great: His Life and World' by Robert K. Massie. But there are many others which are also quite good.

The final book is 'The Northern Wars 1558-1721' by Robert I. Frost. This is an academic book on the development of the Russian and other armies in the area. You don't get much history as such but it does give you a good idea of what is happening and why.

These books should then lead you on to others that you might like to read but in Russian or some other language.

I hope this helps,


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Post by Charles XII » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:49 pm

Thank You!!
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Post by prince Repnin » Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:04 pm

New book:

Tatarnikov K.V.
Russian Field Army 1700-1730 - Uniform & Equipment
2008; 352 pages.
ISBN 1-932525-62-9


http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/3959964/
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Post by danschorr » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:47 am

I just received a copy of the Tatarnikov book, and I heartily recommend it. Unfortunately, it is in Russian, but still worth the effort to translated. Here is the Table of Contents (I apologize for my less than perfect Russian translation):

INTRODUCTION
PART I HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THEME AND THE
SURVEY OF SOURCES
CHAPTER ONE. HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THEME
CHAPTER TWO. SURVEY of SOURCES

PART II ORGANIZATION, UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT AND
TACTICS OF FIELD ARMY
CHAPTER THREE. ORGANIZATION OF FIELD ARMY
CHAPTER FOUR. HUNGARIAN DRESS .... Uniform and equipment of infantry at the beginning of 1700s Uniform and equipment of dragoon at the beginning of 1700s
CHAPTER FIVE. UNIFORM OF WEST EUROPEAN MODEL
a. Uniform through 1710
b. Uniform 1711 - beginning 1700
c. Uniform 1712-1720
d. Uniform 1720-1730
CHAPTER SIX. ARMAMENT AND AMMUNITION .
CHAPTER SEVEN. HORSE ATTIRE
CHAPTER EIGHT. GRENADIERS
CHAPTER NINE. PIKES
CHAPTER TEN. NON-COMISSIONED OFFICERS AND
CORPORALS
CHAPTER ELEVEN. NONCOMBATANT RANKS
CHAPTER TWELVE OFFICERS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. REGIMENTAL THINGS . a.Banners (Colours)
b. Musical Instruments
c. Camp and Camp Equipment
d. Convoy
e. Entrenching and worker tools
g. Regimental Artillery
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. LINEAR TACTICS
a. Infantry
b.Dragoons

PART III INFANTRY AND DRAGOON REGIMENTAL
RECORDS
A.INFANTRY
Azov infantry regiment
Arkhangelogorod infantry regiment
Astrakhan infantry regiment
Belgorod infantry regiment
Butyrskiy infantry regiment
Velikolutskiy infantry regiment
Vladimir infantry regiment
Vologodskiy infantry regiment
Voronezh infantry regiment
Vyborg infantry regiment
Vyatsky infantry regiment
Galacian infantry regiment
First grenadier regiment
First grenadier regiment
Second grenadier regiment
Grenadier regiment of Kampenhausen
Grenadier regiment of Lacy
Ivangorodskiy infantry regiment
Ingermanlandskiy infantry regiment
Kazan infantry regiment
Kiev infantry regiment
216 Koporye infantry regiment
Lefort infantry regiment
Moscow infantry regiment
Narva infantry regiment
Neva infantry regiment
Nizhniy-Novgorod infantry regiment
Novgorod infantry regiment
228 Permian infantry regiment
Pskov infantry regiment of
Rentselev (Saxe) infantry regiment
Rostov infantry regiment
Ryazansk infantry regiment
St. Petersburg infantry regiment
Siberian infantry regiment
Smolensk infantry regiment
Tver infantry regiment
Tobolsk infantry regiment
Troitskies is infantry regiments
Ustyuzhskiy infantry regiment
Chernigov infantry regiment
Schlisselberg infantry regiment
Yamburgskiy infantry regiment
Yaroslavl infantry regiments

B. DRAGOONS
Azov dragoon regiment
Arkhangelogorod dragoon regiment
Astrakhan dragoon regiment
Vladimir dragoon regiment
Vologodskiy dragoon regiment
Vyatsky dragoon regiment of
Grenadier dragoon regimento of Kropotova
Grenadier dragoon regiment of der Ropp
Grenadier dragoon regiment of Khlopova
Ingermanlandskiy dragoon regiment
Kazan dragoon regiment
Kargopolskiy dragoon regiment
Kiev dragoon regiment
Leib Squadron
Lutskiy dragoon regiment
Moscow dragoon regiment
Narva dragoon regiment
Neva dragoon regiment of
Nizhniy-Novgorod dragoon regiment
Novgorod dragoon regiment
Novotroitskiy dragoon regiment
Olonetskiy dragoon regiment
Perm dragoon regiment
Rostov dragoon regiment
Ryazansk dragoon regiment
St.Petersburg dragoonr regiment (to 1719 Leib Regiment) Siberian dragoon regiment
Tver dragoon regiment
Tobol’sk dragoon regiment
Troitskies dragoon regiment
Yamburgskiy (to 1712 Ustyuzhskiy] dragoon regiment
Yaroslavl dragoon regiment

CONCLUSION
SOURCES AND LITERATURE
A. ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS
Russian state military history archive military board
Office of military board (military office)artillery [povyte] of military board
[Komissariatskoe] [povyte] of military board
[Mundirnoe] [povyte] of military board
military commissions of military board
Cabinet Affairs
Office of the General- Field Marshal the Graf Burkhard von minikha Office of the Lieutenant General Baron Philip von
Schwerin
Northern War 1700-1721
Conducting army infantry and dragoon shelves
1720-1721
Military- scientific archive
Russian Public Archive of ancient reports
Office of Peter I
Finances
The matters military
Offices of state and duty into the reign of
Peter I
Discharge orders
Senate
Armory Chamber
Positional orders
Archive of the military history museum of artillery, engineers
and the troops of connection
Order of artillery

B. THE PUBLISHED SOURCES AND THE LITERATURE
Published sources
Memoirs
Monographs and articles

I apologize for the length of the post, but thought that those considering purchase might want to know the content.

Hope this helps,

Dan
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Post by Charles XII » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:40 am

Thanks to prince Repnin and Dan for sharing.
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