RUSSIAN MILITARY HISTORY

by

Micha Jelisavcic
John Sloan

This is the 'cover page' for an expanding web site devoted to presentation of the military history of Russia to include wars, battles, commanders, and rulers. It features extensive illustrations. You may visit our patron.
The contents initially will be divided into sections on military museums, battles, rulers, and great leaders. We have an extensive web site with several hundred photos of exhibits in the great Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal troops in St Petersburg.
The first battle is the article from 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica on the battle of Plevna during the Russo-Turkish war. (see Plevna).
The text of A. W. Kinglake's narrative of the battle of the Alma in the Crimean War is also on line with maps and illustrations.
Extensive material on the Crimean (Great Eastern) War is on line at Crimea.
For material on Russian history organized by city please go to Ruscity.
For material on the uniforms and organization of the Imperial Russian army please go to Rusarmy.
Material including illustrations on medieval Russian arms and armor is at Medieval Armor.
We have a general search engine for the many Xenophon Group web pages now open at SEARCH.

Please send comments and questions including opportunities to join in future tours to the locations included here to Xenophon. For more material on the history of Russia and Ukraine please go to Xenophon home page.