UNIFORMS OF RUSSIAN ARMY DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WAR: Volume 8 - Reign of Alexander I: The Grenadiers

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First book related the new emperor Alexander I, about the grenadier regiments.

Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries. Mark Conrad's translation is the first to remain true to the original structure and essential style of the text. Conrad's comprehensive translation is an indispensable resource for today's historian, strategists, and scholars.

Viskovatov's enormous work is based on a great quantity of archival documents and contains four thousand colored and b/w illustrations. It is composed of 30 to 34 volumes (1st edition 1-30, St. Petersburg, 1841-62, and 2nd edition Vols. 1-34, St. Petersburg - Novosibirsk - Leningrad, 1899-1948). The topics discussed start from the early czars until the late 19th century.