Smolensk war 1632-1634. Organization and condition of the Moscow Army. Stashevsky E.D.

The events of the Time of Troubles showed the emerging lag of the Russian army in technical, organizational and tactical relations from the armies of European states. Therefore, the government of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, preparing for the war with the Commonwealth in order to conquer Smolensk, took a number of steps to modernize the Russian army. In addition to hiring foreign specialists, the “foreign system” regiments were first created, armed and trained in the western manner.

about all these events, which were of great importance for the development of military affairs in Russia, is told in the book of a professor at Kyiv University of St. Vladimir E.D. Stashevsky. First published in 1919, it has not lost its scientific significance to the present.