Military history within the framework of Russian history: From Ancient Rus' to the 20th century (minicourse in history for grades 8-11) - free course from Foxford, training 12 lessons, Date: December 5, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 08, 2023
During the course we will look at the evolution of weapons and military equipment, uniforms and tactics of different eras.
Who will benefit from the course?
The course will be useful to everyone who is interested in military history, as well as to those who plan to take the Unified State Exam in history.
What knowledge does the course provide?
During the course we will learn about the development of weapons from Ancient Rus' to the present day, look at individual battles and get acquainted with what military mentality is.
How the training works
The course will teach you to understand the reasons for the victories and defeats of the Russian army, and to distinguish between warriors of different eras. In addition, it will provide an opportunity to write essays on history using military material as part of the Unified State Exam.
We manually check samples and homework
We do not leave the written part assignments for self-testing - this is done by OGE experts.
We check “for real”, like in an exam, and as a result you receive detailed feedback. All this is for the sake of speed of preparation and your results.
A personal curator will answer questions within two hours, 24/7
Curators understand the program and subject matter, so they can easily answer your questions about the course and homework - at any time
They know well how difficult it can be to prepare and understand your worries.
The most important task of a tutor is to help you cope with stress and fear before exams
The lesson lasts 2 academic hours.
Ancient Rus' and the Udelny period
Military affairs of Ancient and early Medieval Rus'.
- Conditions for the development of military affairs
- Old Russian squad
- Campaigns of the Kyiv princes
- Russian army of the XII–XIII centuries.
- Mongol-Tatar invasion
- The struggle of Russian lands with the crusaders
Warriors of the Moscow Principality
The emergence of the army of Muscovy.
- Conditions for the development of military affairs in Muscovy
- Formation of Muscovy troops
- Continuation of civil strife
- Fight with Mamai and Tokhtamysh
- Moscow, Horde and Timur’s campaigns
Russian wars of the late XV-XVI centuries.
The formation of the standing army of Muscovy and its war.
- Campaigns and wars of Ivan III
- War of Vasily III and Elena Glinskaya
- Troops of Muscovy
- Military reform of Ivan IV
- Wars of Ivan IV and Fyodor Ioannovich
Russian wars in the 17th century.
Russia's wars against the regular armies of Europe.
- Wars of the Time of Troubles
- Creation of a regular army
- Wars with Poland and Sweden, Turks and Tatars
Wars of the Russian Empire: the first half of the 18th century
The emergence of the regular army of Russia
- The need and possibility of Peter’s reforms: the military aspect
- Peter’s military reform and army structure
- Creation of a fleet
- Northern War, Prut Campaign
- Minich's Campaigns, Seven Years' War
Russian army of the second half of the 18th century
The Golden Age of the Russian Army.
- Army of Catherine the Great
- Russian commanders
- Russian-Turkish wars
- Swedish War
- Suppression of Polish uprisings
- Military reform and wars of Paul I
- Wars of the II anti-French coalition
Wars of the Russian Empire in the 19th century.
The decline in the combat effectiveness of the Russian army in the conditions of the industrial revolution.
- Russia in the Napoleonic wars
- Wars of Nicholas I
- Military affairs in the second half of the 19th century
- Russian-Turkish War 1877-1878.
Wars of the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century.
The Russian Army after the Great Reforms.
- Russo-Japanese War
- Russian participation in the First World War
- Revolution of 1917 in the fate of the Russian army
Formation of the Red Army
Bolshevik Army: from the Revolution to World War II.
- Civil War
- Army structure of the 20-30s.
- 1937 and the problem of command staff
- The Red Army in military conflicts of the 30s.
The Great Patriotic War: the beginning
From the first defeats in the War to the radical turning point.
- Red Army on the eve and during the initial period of the war
- First defeats and their causes
- Moscow Battle
- Battles of 1942 in the southern and central directions
The Great Patriotic War: completion
A turning point in the war and its end.
- Battle of Kursk
- 10 Stalinist blows
- End of the war
Post-war period of Russian military history
Military history of the USSR and Russia in the second half of the 20th - early 21st centuries.
- Conditions of military construction
- Development of weapons in the USSR
- Soviet army in regional conflicts
- Russian Army