Russian tsars before Peter the Great maintained professional hereditary musketeer corps known as streltsy. These were originally raised by Ivan the Terrible; originally an effective force, they had become highly unreliable

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Conscription in Russiawas introduced by Peter the Great in December 1699, though reports say Peter's father also used it. The conscripts were called "recruits" (not to be confused with voluntary

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The history of the Russian Army in this era was linked to the name of Russian General Alexander Suvorov, considered to be one of the few great generals in history who never lost a battle.
From 1777 to 1783 Suvorov served in the Crimeaand

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The War of the Fourth Coalition(1806–1807) involving Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Sweden and the United Kingdom against France formed

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The Imperial Russian Army entered the Napoleonic Wars organized administratively and in the field on the same principles as it had been in the 18th century of units being assigned to campaign headquarters, and the "army" being known either for its

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On August 26, 1827, Nicholas I of Russiadeclared the "Statute on Conscription Duty". This statute made it mandatory that all Russian males ages

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As a major European power, Russia could not escape the wars involving Revolutionary France and the First French Empire,

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