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From 1867, the Russian Ministry of War began to regularly publish statistical studies about the most important European countries. It was assumed that these works would contain materials specifically selected for the Russian reader and will help Russian public to form their opinion about the situation in Europe. The first two studies on Austria-Hungary were published in 1867 (an anonymous section in the “Military Statistical Collection for 1868”) and in 1874 (the first part of the monograph “Austria-Hungary” by the officer of the General Staff A. F. Rittih). The article shows that these works have been unfairly forgotten. Although they are a compilation of foreign studies, they contain an amount of statistical data on the Military Frontier unique for the Russian historiography. Moreover, these studies reflected the position of the Ministry of War on the development prospects of the settled troops. The author shows that the description of Military Frontier at “Military Statistical Collection for 1868” conceptually recalls the report of the Russian military agent in Vienna, F. F. Tornau, later used by the officer of the Irregular Forces Department N. I. Krasnov to prepare a study on the prospects of the Russian Cossacks. In “Austria-Hungary” there is no separate description of the Military Frontier, which can be linked to the loss of interest in the Austrian experience in the Ministry of War. For citationPeretyat'ko A. Y. Statistical studies of the Russian Ministry of War in the late 1860s — 1870s about the Military Frontier // Slavic Almanac. 2020. Issues 1–2. P. 105–122. DOI: 10.31168/2073-5731.2020.1-2.1.06 |
