Recollections from the Ranks: Three Russian Soldiers' Autobiographies from the Napoleonic Wars

by Darrin Boland

From Napoleon's invasion of 1812 to the Wars of Liberation and beyond, seen from the common Russian soldier's perspective. This volume is composed of three accounts previously unavailable in English. Detailed annotations illuminate a seldom understood army and nation during one of the pivotal episodes in European history. Pamfil Nazarov was a peasant from Tver who was conscripted in 1812 but rather than head east to join the army in its campaign against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912174189
• ISBN13: 9781912174188
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"