Artillery of Peter the Great. "At the beginning of glorious affairs." Lobin A.N.

Book of a famous historian, candidate of historical sciences A.N. Lobin completes a series of research on the history of Russian artillery of the XIV - XVII centuries, covering the period 1676–1702: from the reign of Fedor Alekseevich to the radical Petrovsky reforms in the field of military affairs after defeat under Narva during the Northern War. The new archival data of the Pushkarsky order, the main artillery department of that era, found by the author, for the first time allow you to see in a new way to see the transformations in the artillery on the eve of the sole reign of Peter I and in the “beginning of glorious affairs”-in the early years of the rule of the great reformer of Russia. The publication is illustrated by drawings and photographs of guns.