military rank in War and Peace

[Alexandre Bougakov]

Dear Laura, Vera and other SEELANGERS,

There is an fantastic book called "Chinovnyj Mir Rossii" (Author is 
L.E.Schepeljov, printed in St.Petersburg by "Iskusstvo-S.-Pb"). It 
describes russian civil and military service from 18th till the beginning 
of the 20th century - ranks, institutions, and nuch more. This is an 
example of outstanding research work, written in absolutely simple, 
straightforward style, not as usual sophisticated academic works - it is 
highly recommended for everybody who are interested in the Russian history 
and literature. There are many details which help to understand Gogol, 
Tolstoy, Chechov and Turgenev.

I have bought it in Moscow in the Biblio-Globus bookstore on Mjasnitskaya 
Str. 6 for 116Rub. As far as I know they have an Internet shop, so you can 
go to www.biblio-globus.ru and try to buy it online.

Sincerely yours,
Alexandre Bougakov <mailto:bougakov at mail.ru>
Student of the sociological faculty of the Higher School of Economics 
(http://www.hse.ru), Moscow, Russian Federation
My website is http://SocioLink.narod.ru/ (thousands of sociology related 
links on the Web)
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P.S. Here is the full name of this book in Russian (hope that russian 
characters will be readable):

Леонид Ефимович Шепелёв "Чиновный мир России. XVIII - начало XX в." 
Санкт-Петербург: "Искусство-СПБ", 1999. - 479 с.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Laura Goering [SMTP:lgoering at CARLETON.EDU]
Sent:   Tuesday, May 09, 2000 12:21 AM
To:     SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject:        military rank in War and Peace

My students have asked me for some kind of guide to both the military ranks
and the different kinds of regiments described in War and Peace.  Can
anyone help?   

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