Code of honor of a Russian officer. Kulchitsky V.M., Durasov V.A.

In the Russian army, the officer rank always determined the belonging not to the social group, but to the Casta, which lived according to its unwritten laws - according to the Code of Honor. In the event that the stages of the army charters came into conflict with the provisions of the Code, the choice of the officer was obvious - in favor of the Code of Honor. The officer court of honor was an authoritative military tribunal, “for it is better to be exiled, unclenched than to lose dignity.” , he became the "Code of Honor of the Russian Officer." The continuation of the officer code was the “duel code” Vasily Durasov. With the difference that he defined the rules of duels (fights of honor) for both military officials and civilians.