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The Imperial Russian Army entered the Napoleonic Wars organized administratively and in the field on the same principles as it had been in the 18th century of units being assigned to campaign headquarters, and the "army" being known either for its senior commander, or the area of its operations.
The main Imperial Russian Army was commanded by Field Marshal Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, who recognized that Napoleon's immediate goal was a decisive battle to crush the main Russian force in the west. In response, the Russian army used scorched-earth tactics as it withdrew east, and harried the Grande Armée with light Cossack cavalry.
The military history of Russia has antecedents involving Kievan Rus' and the Rus' principalities that succeeded it, the Mongol invasion of the early 13th century, Russia's numerous wars against Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Sweden, and Ottoman Empire, Prussia (Seven Years' War), France (especially the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War).
Ekaterinoslav and Military Order Cuirassier Regiments; 3rd Cavalry Brigade Gluchov, Little Russia and Novgorod Cuirassier Regiments; 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps: Major General Count Karl Sivers 12th Cavalry Brigade Kharkov and Chernigov Dragoon Regiments; 13th Cavalry Brigade Kiev and New Russian Dragoon Regiments; Cavalry Brigade
A Concise History of Russia (2011) excerpt and text search; Catchpole, Brian. A Map History of Russia (Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1974), new topical maps. Cracraft, James. ed. Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia (1993), historiography. Figes, Orlando. Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia (2003). Freeze, George (2002).
Russia maintained a large peacetime standing army of over one million men in the decades after the Napoleonic Wars, [201] and at the outbreak of World War I it was the largest in Europe. [202] During the war the Russian Army was unable to match the German Army in tactical and operational proficiency, but its performance against the Austro ...
The history of the Russian army in this era was linked to the name of Alexander Suvorov a Russian general, reckoned one of a few great generals in history who never lost a battle. From 1777 to 1783 Suvorov served in the Crimea and in the Caucasus , becoming a lieutenant-general in 1780, and general of infantry in 1783, on the conclusion of his ...
The new ranks were based on the military ranks of the Russian Empire, although they underwent some modifications; modified Imperial rank insignia were reintroduced in 1943. The new ranks also abolished the specialist ranks for the other arms and services, and they were replaced by the new ranks with the service name attached.