Военная история русской Смуты начала XVII века

The Time of Troubles in the Russian state at the beginning of the 17th century. - a deep shock to the foundations of the state and public life of a great multinational country. Having emerged from this crisis, Russia laid a solid foundation for development for the next three centuries. The memory of the Time of Troubles has become an element of ideology and national identity. The names of Prince Pozharsky and Kozma Minin remained at the hearing, and the exploits of Prince Skopin-Shuisky, Prokopy Lyapunov, the defenders of Tikhvin (1613) or Mikhailov (1618) were forgotten.
The study of the Time of Troubles is the topic of several generations of scientists. However, there are almost no military-historical works among the publications. Bringing together the results of the most significant research of the last 20 years is the task of a book devoted exclusively to its military side. The author included the results of his own research in the popular science presentation.
The work is built according to the chronological and thematic principle. Sections are provided with chronology and references, which makes the publication a reference. Reviews of the state of the armed forces, their tactics and combat techniques are dispersed throughout the text and serve as comments to the main text.
3rd edition, revised.
Editor: Malov A.V.