Military reforms in Russia of the second half of the XVII century

The monograph is based on the dissertation (2003), written by the author during the period of “Battle for Military History”, in the center of which was the number and quality of the armies of Eastern Europe of the XVI-XVII centuries. , problems of criticism of sources, methodology for calculating the composition and losses. The author, together with like-minded people, managed to debunk myths about the "darkness" of the royal rates of the XVI-XVII centuries. , their "backwardness" and inefficiency on the battlefield. The history of the Novgorod regiment is one of the “white spots”, and because of which much appears to be distorted, including the command: talented, but “bumpy” governor Prince I. A. Khovansky, honest and meticulous prince B. A. Repnin , Tsar himself Alexei Mikhailovich. A significant coincidence of the beginning and end of the Khovansky career. At the head of the Pskov regiment, in a couple of months he achieved a fracture and defeated the main forces of the Swedes near the GDOV. Victory glorified him. Exactly a quarter of a century later, among the points of “treason”, a Gdovsky battle was named... Analysis of its military-administrative and general activity, the creation of the Ritarean and hussar regiment, campaigns of 1661 and 1664. , campaigns of the Russian-Polish war of 1665-1666. - A tribute to the commander. The campaigns of the Novgorod regiment were reflected on the fate of the nobility, thousands of Cossacks, Streletsky, and soldiers' families. The book will also be useful for researchers of genealogy, local historians and lovers of microistory.