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Czarist officer guides?

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Post by Balrog » 19 Dec 2016, 06:11

I would like to have information about officer guides from the Czarist Era. I suppose there were published officer guides, weren't there? I have only been able to find Soviet ones. Have they ever been published in English. I'd like to read an Imperial army officer's guide.

I have several books on Imperial Russia, and each regiment seems to have been run severely and with their own traditions. How differently were Imperial Russian regiments lead?

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 19 Dec 2016, 15:09

You can download one officer guide from 1916 here: http://turbobit.net/w220qnibqh4j.html

As for the specific regimental guides - I've never seen them. Historical notes of the regimental past - yes, but not guides about particular regiment's service.


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Post by Balrog » 19 Dec 2016, 17:31

Eugen Pinak wrote:You can download one officer guide from 1916 here: http://turbobit.net/w220qnibqh4j.html

As for the specific regimental guides - I've never seen them. Historical notes of the regimental past - yes, but not guides about particular regiment's service.
It's a Soviet officer guide, no?

But thank you for your effort.

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 19 Dec 2016, 19:53

Balrog wrote:
Eugen Pinak wrote:You can download one officer guide from 1916 here: http://turbobit.net/w220qnibqh4j.html

As for the specific regimental guides - I've never seen them. Historical notes of the regimental past - yes, but not guides about particular regiment's service.
It's a Soviet officer guide, no?
Was there Soviet Union in 1916? ;)

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Post by Balrog » 20 Dec 2016, 12:14

Eugen Pinak wrote:
Balrog wrote:
Eugen Pinak wrote:You can download one officer guide from 1916 here: http://turbobit.net/w220qnibqh4j.html

As for the specific regimental guides - I've never seen them. Historical notes of the regimental past - yes, but not guides about particular regiment's service.
It's a Soviet officer guide, no?
Was there Soviet Union in 1916? ;)
No, there was no Soviet union in 1916; however, the title of the file is:

Скачать файл: soveti_oficeru.rar | 11,48 Мб

Doesn't "soveti" refer to "soviet" (council)?

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 20 Dec 2016, 12:26

Balrog wrote: No, there was no Soviet union in 1916; however, the title of the file is:

Скачать файл: soveti_oficeru.rar | 11,48 Мб

Doesn't "soveti" refer to "soviet" (council)?
Indeed, "soviet" = "council". But "soviet" also means "counsel" or "advice" - and it were those terms used in the title of the file and book itself.

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Post by Balrog » 21 Dec 2016, 17:02

Eugen Pinak wrote:
Balrog wrote: No, there was no Soviet union in 1916; however, the title of the file is:

Скачать файл: soveti_oficeru.rar | 11,48 Мб

Doesn't "soveti" refer to "soviet" (council)?
Indeed, "soviet" = "council". But "soviet" also means "counsel" or "advice" - and it were those terms used in the title of the file and book itself.

Thank you, Eugen.

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Post by Aceton » 14 Apr 2017, 11:26

I suggest you to visit the Russian WWI historians and re-enactors forum at http://1914.borda.ru/ and post your inquiry there. Undoubtedly you will get responce. I guess that a number of such books should be already available online.

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Post by Balrog » 09 Aug 2018, 08:46

Aceton wrote:
14 Apr 2017, 11:26
I suggest you to visit the Russian WWI historians and re-enactors forum at http://1914.borda.ru/ and post your inquiry there. Undoubtedly you will get responce. I guess that a number of such books should be already available online.
Have any of the officer guides been translated into English?

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