Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


BALKAN PENINSULA

Russian Soldier in the Balkan Crisis of the mid-70-ies. the XIX Century

The article is devoted to the image of Russian soldier in the Russian-Turkish war in 1877–1878. The disadvantages of the Russian army, as well as the pgi-сание mobilization deployment, the economic content of the detachment. Also there are historical parallels between Russia and the countries of the Ballkan peninsula.

UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENT KNOWN WAR (WAR CORRESPONDENT BOOK. L. SHAKHOVSKOY ON THE BALKAN FRONT, THE RUSSIANTURKISH WAR OF 1877–1878)

The article deals with the correspondence book. LV Shakhovsky, who, during the Russian-Turkish war was the representative of the newspaper «Moscow News». Understand the views of the causes and memoirist course of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877–1878. Just drawing historical parallels between Russia and the balkans. 

«Action Party»: Perception of the War against the Ottoman Empire by the Russian Ruling Elite (the 1870s)

The article discusses the views of the Russia’s ruling elite representatives on the Balkans’ crisis in the 70s of the 19th century. Foreign policy plans and ideas on the eve of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878 are analyzed. The impact of critical public sentiment on their subsequent evolution is shown.