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When Russia Learned to Read (F’rincefon, 1985); for the military see pp 18-21. 38. P. 0. Bobrovskii, “Vzgliad M gramotnost’ i u&bnye komandy (ili polkovye shkoly) v nashei armii,” Voennyisbornik 3 (1871). p 60. 39. M. Grulev, Zapiski generalmvreia (Paris, 1930), pp 130-31, cited by P. A. , 1881-1903 ( M m w , 1973), p 27s; John B h e l l , ‘’Peasants m Uniform:Ihe Tsarist Army as a Peasant Society,” Journal of Social History 13 (1979-80). p 573. 40. BushneU, “Peasants in Uniform,” p 568. 41. Bushnell, “Tsarist Officer Corps,” p 766.
In general, absolutist Russia lagged in developing a judicial system that encouraged respect for the law, let alone that protected men’s natural rights. So far as soldiers were concerned, natural rights were not recogmed even in theory until the 186Os, although a system of military tribunals, modeled on that of Prussia, had existed since Peter 1’s day. The spirit of prerefonn military justice may be judged from a case that occurred in the Polotsk regiment in 1820. Some soldiers engaged in an illicit moneymakmg scheme killed a noncom to stop him from squealing on them.
Halifax,1986), pp 31-36. 59. Wildman. End of the Imperial Army, pp 83-84. He sides with the traditional intepretation. A. Lobanov-Rostovsky, The Grinding Mill: Reminiscences of War and Revolution in Russia, 1913-1920 (New York, 1935),p 167. Session I The Military Legacy of Imperial Russia: History and the Environment The Military Legacy of Imperial Russia: History and the Environment Introductory Remarks Nicholas V. Riasanovsky Members of the Air Force Academy, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to open this session of the program.