Zmiany w liczebności i potencjale bojowym wojsk rosyjskich w Królestwie Polskim w XIX i na początku XX wieku

• Authors: Madej Leszek

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Changes in the Imperial Russian Army in the Kingdom of Poland during the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century with respect to the number and combat/fighting potential

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The russian army, that was stationed in the Kingdom of Poland, consist a part of the 1st Army in the beginning. Then, after liquidation of that one, it belonged to the Warsaw Military District. There were about 50 000 soldiers in Russian squads in the thirties of the 19th century and this number was growing constantly during next two decades (to more than150 000 in 1850). The following years brought significant fluctuations in numbers of soldiers. Nevertheless, from the end of the seventies till the year 1910 there were just uninterrupted growth of the number. The maximum amount was reached at the turn of the century, when 286 000 soldiers served in the Warsaw Military District. To maintain such significant forces in so small area as the Kingdom of Poland was, it was due from two reasons: necessity of fighting against the revolutionary movements in europe and the plan of the offensive war against Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria at the turn of the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. Strong military units were necessary also to restrain Polish liberation movements. Tsar squads were stationed in garrisons, placed mostly in eastern parts of Kingdom. A combat potential of the army was limited by: high morbidity, big proportion of desertion from the army and the logistic back-up of units developed extensively.

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badań Historii Wojskowej Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku
• Journal: Studia z Dziejów Wojskowości
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 185-211

Contributors

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Madej Leszek

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński