Adam Weyde and the Modernization Processes in the Russian Army during the Reign of Peter I

Contents:

Peface /9

Introduction /13

1. Family /43

2. Early military career /63

3. Grand Embassy /85

4. Military regulations /115

5. New Army /147

6. Battle of Narva (1700)  /173

7. In swedish captivity /205

8. Back in service /241

• The Danube campaign /241
• In Ukraine /264

9. Finnish campaign /281

10. In the Heart of Europe /305

11. Much-anticipated codification /331

12. At the top /355

13. Religiousness  and military issues /375

14. Summary of Life /397

15. Commanders: a quantitative appoach /421

ANNEX  /441

Pronciples adopted in the translation and publication of the document /441

Adam Weyde. Military regulations of 1698 /453

[Dedication] /456

[Part I. On military Ranks and Army organization]  /462

What, namely, constitutes a soldier /462

On the infantry rota /463

• An infantry rota comprises the following ranks /464
• Captain /465
• Lieutentant /466
• Standard bearrer /467
• Sergeant /468
• Cadet /469
• Captenarmus /469
• Company scribe /470
• Company doctor /470
• Corporal /471
• Gefreiter /472
• Leib-Schutzor escort rifleman /472
• Drummer /472

On the battalion /473

On the infantry regiment /473

• A regiment festures the following commanders /474
• They are followed by the successive regimental ranks /474
• Colonel /474
• Lieutenant colonel /475
• Major /476
• Regimental quartermaster /477
• Regimental adjutant /477
• Regimental camp commander /478
• [Artillery major] /479
• Regimental provost /480

Brigade /480

• [Brigadier]  /481

What, namel, is an army /482

• Generalissmus or full voivode /483
• In the section below, the ranks shall once again be listed /485
• Infantry general /485
• Feldzeugmeister general /485
• Commissary general /487
• Quartermaster general /489
• Adjutant general /490
• Auditor general /492
• Engineer general /493

[Part III]. On Turns /615

[Part IV. One Firing Continuiusly] /627

[Part V]. On Guard Duty, and how to post and Change guards /633

Table od Contents, or what this Book includes /639

Bibliography /641

List of Abbreviations /711

List of Charts, Figures, Maps, Illustrations and Tables /717

Indexof Person /731

Geographical Names Index /761